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The Stingiest Man in Town (町一番のけちんぼう, "Machi Ichiban no Kechinbō") is a 1978 animated Christmas musical television special based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novel A Christmas Carol. It was created by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, and features 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 (also called The Stingiest Man in Town) 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.

Synopsis

After Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to assist the poor or have Christmas Dinner with his nephew, he is visited by the ghost of his one time business partner and friend, Jacob Marley. Marley tells him to change his ways and Scrooge refutes this as madness. He is then visited by three ghosts, all who show him what his future will be like if he doesn't change his ways.


Cast[]

Character Seiyū Dub Actor
Ebenezer Scrooge Ichiro Zaitsu Walter Matthau
Robert Morse
(young)
B.A.H Humbug Masaaki Sakai Tom Bosley
Jacob Marley Jerry Fujito Theodore Bikel
Ghost of Christmas Past Masanori Tomotake Paul Frees
Ghost of Christmas Present
Old Joe ¿?
Bob Cratchet ¿? Sonny Melendrez
Mrs. Cratchet ¿? Darlene Conley
Tiny Tim ¿? Robert Rolofson
Belle Hiromi Ota Shelby Flint
Fred Akira Aoyama Dennis Day
Fred's Wife ¿? Dee Stratton
Martha Cratchit Ado Mizumori Debra Clinger
Belinda Cratchit ¿? Steffani Calli
Peter Cratchet ¿? Eric Hines
The Boy ¿? Charles Matthau

Additional Voices[]

  • Diana Lee

Video Releases[]

Distributor Year Format Region Country
Warner Home Video 1993 VHS NTSC United States United States
2008* DVD 1
NTSC

*Included in Classic Christmas Favories DVD set with How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold, and Pinocchio's Christmas.

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