The Stingiest Man in Town

A cozy, tuneful holiday cartoon that mixes gentle spookiness with warm sentiment, easy to watch and likely to leave you smiling.

Directed by

Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass

Genres

Animation, Tv movie, Fantasy

Starring

Walter Matthau, Tom Bosley, Theodore Bikel

Tagline

Meet Scrooge...

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.

How it feels

Warm, earnest, melancholic and whimsical. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Redemption, greed, class, family

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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