The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)
Overview
This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass--the team that brought you just about every other Christmas special you saw as a kid (including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Reinvented as a 49-minute musical ghost story, it stars the voice of Walter Matthau as the bedeviled Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the Jiminy Cricket-type narrator, B. Humbug, Esq.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.298 |
Directed By
Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Crew
Romeo Muller
Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Paul Coker Jr.
Janice Torre
Janice Torre
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Charles Dickens
Jules Bass
Fred Spielman
Fred Spielman
Tooru Hara
Tsuguyuki Kubo
Minoru Nishida
Katsuhisa Yamada
Yoshiko Sasaki
Masahiro Yoshida
Hidemi Kubo
Tadakatsu Yoshida
Ikko Kobayashi
Bernard Hoffer
Masaki Îzuka
TOP CAST
Walter Matthau
Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Tom Bosley
B.A.H. Humbug (voice)
Theodore Bikel
Marley's Ghost (voice)
Robert Morse
Young Scrooge (voice)
Dennis Day
Nephew Fred (voice)
Paul Frees
Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Sonny Melendrez
Bob Cratchit (voice)
Debra Clinger
Martha Cratchit (voice)
Bobby Rolofson
Tiny Tim (voice)
Steffi Calli
Belinda Cratchit (voice)
Eric Hines
Peter Cratchit (voice)
Dee Stratton
Fred's Wife (voice)
Darlene Conley
Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Shelby Flint
Belle (voice)
Diana Lee
(voice)
Charles Matthau
The Boy (voice)
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