Tales of Washington Irving

November. 01,1970      
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

This 1970 animated special contains two versions of Washington Irving's most popular stories; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - about the headless horseman (who makes a too brief appearance), and Rip Van Winkle - the man who fell asleep and awoke years later. It originally aired on TV between Halloween and Thanksgiving in the early 1970s and was later released on VHS home video by MGM in 1987 but it's currently out of print.

Ken Sansom as  Narrator (voice)
George Furth as  Ichabod Crane (voice)
Byron Kane as  Rip Van Winkle / Baltus Van Tassel (voice)
Don Messick as  Hans Van Ripper (voice)
Mel Blanc as  Brom's Dog / Lead Dwarf / Mayor Elect / Baby Rip (voice)
Lennie Weinrib as  Brom Bones (voice)

Reviews

Jeanskynebu
1970/11/01

the audience applauded

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SnoReptilePlenty
1970/11/02

Memorable, crazy movie

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Console
1970/11/03

best movie i've ever seen.

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Curapedi
1970/11/04

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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