Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Princess Yum Yum falls in love with Tack and saves him from being executed. Later, when the protective orbs of the palace get stolen, Tack and Yum Yum set out to find them and save the kingdom.
- witch
- princess
- prophecy
- battle
- desert
- cobbler
- evil mastermind
- professional thief
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Vincent Price
Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice)
Matthew Broderick
Tack the Cobbler (voice)
Jennifer Beals
Princess YumYum (voice)
Anthony Quayle
King Nod (voice)
- Joan Sims — Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
- Donald Pleasence — Phido the Vulture (voice)
- Jonathan Winters — The Thief (voice)
- Paul Matthews — Mighty One-Eye (voice)
- Miriam Margolyes — Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
- Eric Bogosian — Phido the Vulture (voice)
- Toni Collette — Nurse / Mad Holy Old Witch (voice)
- Joss Ackland — Brigand (voice)
- Clinton Sundberg — Dying Soldier (voice)
- Kenneth Williams — Goblet / Tickle (voice)
- Stanley Baxter — Gofer / Slap (voice)
- Directed
- Richard Williams
- Written
- Margaret French, Richard Williams
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 144 ratings
- Studio
- Allied Filmmakers, Richard Williams Studio, Calvert/Cossler Productions
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