Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Bing CrosbyNarrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
- Basil RathboneNarrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
- Eric BloreMr. Toad (voice)
- J. Pat O'MalleyCyril Proudbottom (voice)
- John McLeishProsecutor (voice)
- Colin CampbellMole (voice)
- Campbell GrantAngus MacBadger (voice)
- Claud AllisterRat (voice)
- Oliver WallaceGang Leader (voice)
- Pinto ColvigIchabod Crane (screaming) (voice)
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
Split into two sequences, this feature-length cartoon is one of Disney's finest efforts, with attention paid to every animated detail. - 80
Chicago Reader
Engaging and lively. - 70
The New York Times
The credits outweigh the debits and Mr. Disney has included enough elements of entertainment to make his newest film package a solid entertainment. - 70
Time Out
Great fun, provided you disregard the spirit of the original as comprehensively as Disney did. More uneven is the story of bumptious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his nemesis the Headless Horseman. It's a trite, chocolate box picture of colonial days - until the Horseman shows up for one of those nightmare sequences with which Uncle Walt so relished terrifying his kiddie audience. - 50
Time
An uneven doubleheader by Walt Disney, who has combined into one film two dissimilar literary classics: Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. The contrast in the handling of the two unrelated stories neatly illustrates some of Disney's outstanding vices & virtues.