The Stingiest Man in Town backdrop

The Stingiest Man in Town 1978 Directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. , Jules Bass

Meet Scrooge...

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.

Country USA
Production Countries Japan , USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Animation , TV Movie
Production Companies Rankin/Bass Productions , Topcraft
Release Date 23 December 1978
50 mins
Cast
Walter Matthau Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Tom Bosley B.A.H. Humbug (voice)
Theodore Bikel Marley's Ghost (voice)
Robert Morse Young Scrooge (voice)
Dennis Day Nephew Fred (voice)
Paul Frees Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Sonny Melendrez Bob Cratchit (voice)
Debra Clinger Martha Cratchit (voice)
Bobby Rolofson Tiny Tim (voice)
Steffi Calli Belinda Cratchit (voice)
Eric Hines Peter Cratchit (voice)
Dee Stratton Fred's Wife (voice)
Darlene Conley Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Shelby Flint Belle (voice)
Diana Lee (voice)
Charles Matthau The Boy (voice)