The Hobbit

The Hobbit

77 mins | Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie | Nov. 27, 1977

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...

The Hobbit

77 mins | Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie | Nov. 27, 1977

The Hobbit
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...
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Topcraft, Rankin/Bass Productions
Original title The Hobbit
Directors Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
Writers Romeo Muller, Jules Bass, J.R.R. Tolkien

Cast

Orson Bean

as Bilbo Baggins

Richard Boone

as Smaug

Hans Conried

as Thorin

John Huston

as Gandalf the Grey

Otto Preminger

as Elvenking

Cyril Ritchard

as Elrond

Theodore Gottlieb

as Gollum

Paul Frees

as Bombur/Troll #1

Don Messick

as Balin/Troll #3/Goblin/Lord of the Eagles

John Stephenson

as Dori/Great Goblin/Bard