Cricket on the Hearth

Name: Cricket on the Hearth
Director: Jules Bass
Genre: Animation, Family, TV Movie
Released: 1967-12-18
Duration: 49 min
Rating: 5.263
Cast: Danny Thomas, Marlo Thomas, Roddy McDowall, Hans Conried, Paul Frees

“To have a Cricket on the Hearth is the luckiest thing in all the world!”

1967

49m

Animation Family TV Movie

Director: Jules Bass

Writers: Arthur Rankin, Jr., Romeo Muller

Overview

A delightful, animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. A Cricket on the Hearth, tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful Cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning. When tragedy strikes the family, it's Crocket who comes to the rescue and restores peace and happiness.