The Phantom Tollbooth
It's an Alphabeautiful Mathemagical New Musical Movie!
1970 · 1h 29m · G
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Chuck Jones
,
Abe Levitow
,
David Monahan
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The Phantom Tollbooth
Overview
A young boy named Milo unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth and, out of boredom, drives through it and enters a fantastical, animated kingdom in turmoil following the loss of its princesses, Rhyme and Reason.
Director and cast
- Chuck Jones Director
- Abe Levitow Director
- David Monahan Director
- Butch Patrick as Milo
- Mel Blanc as Officer Short Shrift / Dodecahedron / Demon of Insincerity (voice)
- Daws Butler as Whether Man / Senses Taker / Terrible Trivium / Gelatinous Giant (voice)
- Candy Candido as Awful DYNN (voice)
- Hans Conried as King Azaz / The MathemaGician (voice)
- June Foray as Ralph / Faintly Macabre / Princess of Pure Reason (voice)
- Patti Gilbert as Princess of Sweet Rhyme (voice)
- Shepard Menken as Spelling Bee / Chroma (voice)
- Cliff Norton as akofonous A. Dischord / Tollbooth Speaker (voice)
- Larry Thor as Tock The Watchdog (voice)
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