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
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Overview
A concise adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" about Mr. Toad's motor mania, followed by a short retelling of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" concerning schoolmaster Ichabod Crane.
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)
- Oliver Wallace as Gang Leader (voice)
- Pinto Colvig as Ichabod Crane (screaming) (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
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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