Fresh
Engaging and lively.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Two Tall Tales by the world's top story-tellers in one hilarious All-Cartoon Feature!
1949 · 1h 8m · Approved
Animation, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Directed by
James Algar
,
Clyde Geronimi
,
Jack Kinney
Overview
The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.
Director and cast
- James Algar Director
- Clyde Geronimi Director
- Jack Kinney Director
- Bing Crosby as Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
- Basil Rathbone as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
- Eric Blore as Mr. Toad (voice)
- J. Pat O'Malley as Cyril Proudbottom (voice)
- John McLeish as Prosecutor (voice)
- Colin Campbell as Mole (voice)
- Campbell Grant as Angus MacBadger (voice)
- Claud Allister as Rat (voice)
- The Rhythmaires as Additional voices (voice)
- Oliver Wallace Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Mr. Disney, abetted by his staff, such perfect narrators as Bing Crosby and Basil Rathbone, and a pair of durable literary works, has fashioned a conclave of cartoon creatures, which... have the winsome qualities and charm of Mickey Mouse, Dumbo, et al.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Rotten
An uneven doubleheader by Walt Disney, who has combined into one film two dissimilar literary classics.
TIME Magazine
Fresh
The Wind in the Willows adaptation has a gag-a-shot scenario, breakneck pace and plays like an extended Donald Duck short.
Time Out
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