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, Stingiest stars the voice of Walter Matthau as the bedeviled Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the Jiminy Cricket-type narrator, B. Humbug, Esq.
Director: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writers: Janice Torre (book), Romeo Muller, Charles Dickens (novel).
Stars: Walter Matthau (voice), Tom Bosley (voice), Theodore Bikel (voice), Robert Morse (voice), Dennis Day (voice), Paul Frees (voice), Sonny Melendrez (voice), Debra Clinger (voice), Bobby Rolofson (voice), Steffi Calli (voice), Eric Hilnes (voice), Dee Stratton (voice), Darlene Conley (voice), Shelby Flint (voice), Diana Lee (voice), Charles Matthau (voice).
Composer: Fred Spielman.
Thank you so much for this film! It was wonderful watching it. It really gave me food for thought. Merry Christmas!
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I remember watching this in the early 2000’s in Qatar as a little kid on the VHS. Couldn’t find it anywhere else except here. Thank you so much to rarefilmm.com and staff!! It brings back nostalgic memories… Means a lot… Thank you once again for uploading this animation.
Much love from Qatar. 💖