The Hobbit
1977/11/27 (US) | Family, Fantasy, Animation
Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bilbo has joined their quest to reclaim their kingdom, taken from them by the evil dragon Smaug. The only problem is that Gandalf has told the dwarves that Bilbo is an expert burglar, but he isn't...
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Director
Jules Bass
Director
Romeo Muller
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Orson Bean
Bilbo Baggins (voice)
John Huston
Gandalf the Grey (voice)
Hans Conried
Thorin (voice)
Richard Boone
Smaug (voice)
Theodore Gottlieb
Gollum (voice)
Otto Preminger
Elvenking (voice)
Cyril Ritchard
Elrond (voice)
Budget
$ 3,000,000
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Rankin/Bass Productions
- Topcraft
Crews
Jules Bass
Producer
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Producer
Maury Laws
Original Music Composer
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Production Design
J. R. R. Tolkien
Novel
Masaki Îzuka
Producer