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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.
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Arthur Rankin, Jr. profile
Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Director

Jules Bass profile
Jules Bass

Director

Cast

Walter Matthau profile
Walter Matthau

Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Tom Bosley profile
Tom Bosley

B.A.H. Humbug (voice)

Theodore Bikel profile
Theodore Bikel

Marley's Ghost (voice)

Robert Morse profile
Robert Morse

Young Scrooge (voice)

Dennis Day profile
Dennis Day

Nephew Fred (voice)

Paul Frees profile
Paul Frees

Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

Sonny Melendrez profile
Sonny Melendrez

Bob Cratchit (voice)

Debra Clinger profile
Debra Clinger

Martha Cratchit (voice)

Bobby Rolofson profile
Bobby Rolofson

Tiny Tim (voice)

Steffi Calli profile
Steffi Calli

Belinda Cratchit (voice)

Eric Hines profile
Eric Hines

Peter Cratchit (voice)

Dee Stratton profile
Dee Stratton

Fred's Wife (voice)

Walter Matthau profile
Walter Matthau

Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Tom Bosley profile
Tom Bosley

B.A.H. Humbug (voice)

Theodore Bikel profile
Theodore Bikel

Marley's Ghost (voice)

Robert Morse profile
Robert Morse

Young Scrooge (voice)

Dennis Day profile
Dennis Day

Nephew Fred (voice)

Paul Frees profile
Paul Frees

Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

Sonny Melendrez profile
Sonny Melendrez

Bob Cratchit (voice)

Debra Clinger profile
Debra Clinger

Martha Cratchit (voice)

Bobby Rolofson profile
Bobby Rolofson

Tiny Tim (voice)

Steffi Calli profile
Steffi Calli

Belinda Cratchit (voice)

Eric Hines profile
Eric Hines

Peter Cratchit (voice)

Dee Stratton profile
Dee Stratton

Fred's Wife (voice)

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Release Date

December 23, 1978

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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Opening Carol from The Stingiest Man in Town

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