Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, Japan
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Winterbolt is trying to make the North Pole his evil wonderland, and it is up to Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and others to stop him.
- friendship
- holiday
- musical
- sequel
- snowman
- stop motion
- wizard
- christmas
- evil wizard
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Red Buttons
Milton (voice)
Ethel Merman
Lilly Loraine (voice)
Mickey Rooney
Santa Claus (voice)
Alan Sues
Scratcher, the Jealous Reindeer (voice)
- Jackie Vernon — Frosty (voice)
- Shelley Winters — Crystal (voice)
- Paul Frees — Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
- Billie Mae Richards — Rudolph (voice)
- Harold Peary — Big Ben (voice)
- Shelby Flint — Laine, Lilly's daughter (voice)
- Don Messick — Sam Spangles (voice)
- Darlene Conley — Mrs. Santa Claus (voice)
- Nellie Bellflower — Lady Boreal (voice)
- Steffi Calli — Milly (voice)
- Howard Shapiro — Genie of the Ice Scepter (voice)
- Directed
- Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
- Written
- Romeo Muller
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 85 ratings
- Studio
- Rankin/Bass Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1976Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Where it starts.
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979 · You’re here
Frosty Returns
1992
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
- movie · 1976
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
The closest of them.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
movie · 1964
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
movie · 1976
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
movie · 1974
The Snowman
movie · 1982
The Year Without a Santa Claus
movie · 1974Frosty Returns
movie · 1992
A Flintstone Christmas
movie · 1977