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The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)
Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr.
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.
Length 50 minutes
Actors
Walter Matthau | Tom Bosley | Theodore Bikel | Robert Morse | Dennis Day | Paul Frees | Sonny Melendrez | Debra Clinger | Bobby Rolofson | Steffi Calli | Eric Hines | Dee Stratton | Darlene Conley | Shelby Flint | Diana Lee | Charles Matthau