The Return of the King

The Return of the King

98 mins | Adventure, Animation, Fantasy | May 11, 1980

Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.

The Return of the King

98 mins | Adventure, Animation, Fantasy | May 11, 1980

The Return of the King
Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Rankin/Bass Productions
Original title The Return of the King
Directors Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
Writers Romeo Muller, J.R.R. Tolkien

Cast

Orson Bean

as Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice)

Theodore Bikel

as Aragorn (voice)

William Conrad

as Lord Denethor (voice)

John Huston

as Gandalf (voice)

Roddy McDowall

as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

Theodore Gottlieb

as Gollum / Smeagol (voice)

Paul Frees

as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)

Don Messick

as King Theoden / Easterling / The Mouth of Sauron (voice)

John Stephenson

as Gondorian Guard / Dwimmerlaik - The Witch-King of Angmar (voice)

Casey Kasem

as Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck (voice)

Sonny Melendrez

as Peregrin 'Pippin' Took (voice)

Nellie Bellflower

as Eowyn / Dernhelm (voice)

Glenn Yarbrough

as The Minstrel (voice)