
The Stingiest Man in Town
- Released on
- Runtime
- 50 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- 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
Director
- Jules Bass
- Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Producers
- Arthur Rankin, Jr.
- Jules Bass


















