The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad [1949]

Overview

User Rating:7.3/10

Directors:James Algar

Clyde Geronimi

Writers:Washington Irving (story)

Kenneth Grahame (story)

Release Date:5 October 1949 (USA)

Genre:Animation | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:HEAR BING SING: "THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN" "KATRINA" "ICHABOD CRANE"

Plot

Two stories. 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.

Disney brings animated versions of 2 literary works to the screen here. The first is 'The Adventures of Mr. Toad', based on the characters from Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows'. The second is based on Washinton Irving's masterpiece 'The Headless Horseman', in which schoolteacher Ichabod Crane, smitten with Katrina Van Tassel, attends a party hosted by her father. Town thug Brom Bones, who also has his eye on Katrina, tries to intimidate Ichabod with the chilling story of 'The Headless Horseman', a ghost of a soldier in the revolutionary war who lost his head in a fight. When Ichabod rides home through Sleepy Hollow late at night, he finds himself confronted by the Headless Horseman who wants Ichabod's head for himself! Will Ichabod escape the terrifying, sword-wielding ghost....or will the Headless Horseman claim Ichabod's head for himself?

Cast

Bing Crosby ... Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")

Basil Rathbone ... Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")

Eric Blore ... Mr. Toad (voice)

J. Pat O'Malley ... Cyril Proudbottom (voice) (as Pat O'Malley)

John McLeish ... Prosecutor (voice) (as John Ployardt)

Colin Campbell ... Mole (voice)

Campbell Grant ... Angus MacBadger (voice)

Claud Allister ... Rat (voice) (as Claude Allister)

The Rhythmaires ... Additional voices (voice)

rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Oliver Wallace ... Mr. Winky (voice)