Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

51 mins | Animation, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie | Dec. 14, 1970

A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grows up, he wants to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock lives between the Kringles and Sombertown.

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

51 mins | Animation, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie | Dec. 14, 1970

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grows up, he wants to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock lives between the Kringles and Sombertown.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Rankin/Bass Productions
Original title Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Directors Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
Writers Romeo Muller, Jules Bass

Cast

Fred Astaire

as S.D. Kluger (voice)

Mickey Rooney

as Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)

Keenan Wynn

as Winter Warlock (voice)

Paul Frees

as Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)

Robie Lester

as Miss Jessica / Mrs. Claus (voice)

Joan Gardner

as Tanta Kringle (voice)