Ruddigore

Ruddigore

54 mins | Comedy, Animation, Fantasy | April 1, 1967

For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony. Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the rightful heir, has run away to live as innocent peasant Robin Oakapple in the Cornish village of Rederring, sticking his brother Despard with the curse. But on the very day that "Robin" is to marry sweet, beautiful Rose Maybud, it all falls apart. Can Sir Ruthven outwit a picture gallery full of his ancestors' ghosts to save the day?

Ruddigore

54 mins | Comedy, Animation, Fantasy | April 1, 1967

Ruddigore
For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony. Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the rightful heir, has run away to live as innocent peasant Robin Oakapple in the Cornish village of Rederring, sticking his brother Despard with the curse. But on the very day that "Robin" is to marry sweet, beautiful Rose Maybud, it all falls apart. Can Sir Ruthven outwit a picture gallery full of his ancestors' ghosts to save the day?
Producers Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Original title Ruddigore
Directors Joy Batchelor
Writers W.S. Gilbert, Joy Batchelor

Cast

John Reed

as Robin Oakapple / Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd (voice)

David Palmer

as Richard Dauntless (voice)

Kenneth Sandford

as Sir Despard Murgatroyd (voice)

Ann Hood

as Rose Maybud (voice)

Peggy Ann Jones

as Mad Margaret (voice)

Christene Palmer

as Dame Hannah Trusty (voice)

Donald Adams

as Sir Roderic Murgatroyd (voice)

John Banks

as Old Adam Goodheart (voice)

Jennifer Toye

as Zorah (voice)