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The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)

The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)

Fantasy Animation Family TV Movie

Meet Scrooge...

Release Date: 1978, December 23
Directors: Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
Countries: Japan, United States of America
Production: Rankin/Bass Productions, Topcraft
Cast: Robert Morse, Walter Matthau, Paul Frees, Sonny Melendrez, Darlene Conley, Theodore Bikel, Tom Bosley, Charles Matthau, Dennis Day, Eric Hines, Bobby Rolofson, Debra Clinger

Overview:

An animated adaptation of A Christmas Carol from Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass -- the duo behind some of the most enduring Christmas specials ever (including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Reinvented as a 49-minute musical, this charming cartoon stars the voice of Walter Matthau as the bedeviled Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the Jiminy Cricket-type narrator, B. Humbug, Esq. It features animation by Japanese studio Topcraft, known for their work on other Rankin/Bass films such as The Hobbit, The Flight of Dragons, and The Last Unicorn.

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