"The Stingiest Man in Town" is a musical version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"....a story that has been made into a bazillion different film and TV incarnations. This actually is much of why I only gave this Rankin-Bass a 3...there are so many others...and most of them are clearly better. For a family musical version, I'd stick with "A Muppet Christmas Carol".
Other reasons I disliked the TV special is that although I love Walter Matthau and have reviewed nearly every film he's made, I must concede that here he is totally miscast. He just cannot sing and would have been better starring in a non-musical version. Additionally, the animation is not especially good. Overall, you just don't have to look far to find a better version of the story.
Other reasons I disliked the TV special is that although I love Walter Matthau and have reviewed nearly every film he's made, I must concede that here he is totally miscast. He just cannot sing and would have been better starring in a non-musical version. Additionally, the animation is not especially good. Overall, you just don't have to look far to find a better version of the story.