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The Stingiest Man in Town is a 1978 Christmas television special based on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol created by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass which featured traditional animation rather than the stop motion animation most often used by the company. It was an animated remake of a long-unseen, but quite well received, live-action musical special which had starred Basil Rathbone, Martyn Green, and Vic Damone. The live-action version had been telecast on December 23, 1956, on the NBC anthology series The Alcoa Hour, and was published on DVD in 2011, by VAI. The animated remake first aired December 23, 1978, in the United States on NBC, and was telecast in Japan the next day.
Original Release
12/23/1978
US Release
12/23/1978
Cast
Name | Character |
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Walter Matthau | Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) / Ebenezer Scrooge |
Tom Bosley | B.A.H. Humbug (voice) / B.A.H. Humbug |
Theodore Bikel | Marley's Ghost (voice) / Marley's Ghost |
Robert Morse | Young Scrooge (voice) / Young Scrooge |
Dennis Day | Nephew Fred (voice) / Nephew Fred |
Paul Frees | Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice) / Ghost of Christmas Present / Old Joe |
Sonny Melendrez | Bob Cratchit (voice) / Bob Cratchit |
Debra Clinger | Martha Cratchit |
Bobby Rolofson | Tiny Tim (voice) / Tiny Tim |
Steffi Calli | Belinda Cratchit |
Directors
Writers
Janice Torre, Romeo Muller, Charles Dickens
Cast
Name | Character |
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Walter Matthau | Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) / Ebenezer Scrooge |
Tom Bosley | B.A.H. Humbug (voice) / B.A.H. Humbug |
Theodore Bikel | Marley's Ghost (voice) / Marley's Ghost |
Robert Morse | Young Scrooge (voice) / Young Scrooge |
Dennis Day | Nephew Fred (voice) / Nephew Fred |
Paul Frees | Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice) / Ghost of Christmas Present / Old Joe |
Sonny Melendrez | Bob Cratchit (voice) / Bob Cratchit |
Debra Clinger | Martha Cratchit |
Bobby Rolofson | Tiny Tim (voice) / Tiny Tim |
Steffi Calli | Belinda Cratchit |
Eric Hines | Peter Cratchit |
Dee Stratton | Fred's Wife |
Darlene Conley | Mrs. Cratchit |
Shelby Flint | Belle |
Diana Lee | (voice) |
Charles Matthau | The Boy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jules Bass | Producer |
Arthur Rankin Jr. | Producer |
Masaki Îzuka | Producer |