TMDb Rating
5.3/10
16 verified votes
The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)
AnimationTV MovieFantasyFamily
50 min
"Meet Scrooge..."
Plot Summary
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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AnimationTV MovieFantasyFamilyJules BassWalter MatthauTom Bosley1978
Director
Jules Bass
Top Cast
Walter MatthauTom BosleyTheodore BikelRobert MorseDennis Day
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