Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudolph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa's sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea...
- winter
- holiday
- santa claus
- misfit
- snowman
- stop motion
- reindeer
- north pole
- christmas
- rudolph
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill

Burl Ives
Sam the Snowman (voice)
Billie Mae Richards
Rudolph (voice)
Larry D. Mann
Yukon Cornelius (voice)
Stan Francis
Santa Claus / King Moonracer (voice)
- Paul Kligman — Donner / Clarice's Father / Comet the Coach (voice)
- Janis Orenstein — Clarice (voice)
- Alfie Scopp — Charlie-in-the-Box / Other Reindeer (voice)
- Carl Banas — Head Elf / Spotted Elephant / Other Toys (voice)
- Peg Dixon — Mrs. Donner / Others (voice)
- Paul Soles — Hermey (voice)
- Corinne Conley — Doll / Others (voice)
- Directed
- Larry Roemer
- Written
- Robert L. May, Romeo Muller
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 656 ratings
- Studio
- Rankin/Bass Productions, Videocraft International, NBC
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.
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