The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)

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90 min - Family | Adventure | Animation - December 1972 (UK)

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Milo is a boy who is bored with life. One day he comes home to find a toll booth in his room. Having nothing better to do... See full summary »

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Butch Patrick	...	Milo
	Mel Blanc	...	Officer Short Shrift / The Word Speller / The Dodecahedron / The Demon of Insincerity (voice)
	Daws Butler	...	Whether Man (voice)
	Candy Candido	...	Awful DYNN (voice)
	Hans Conried	...	King Azaz / The MathemaGician (voice)
	June Foray	...	Ralph / Faintly Macabre the Which / Princess of Pure Reason (voice)
	Patti Gilbert	...	Princess of Sweet Rhyme (voice)
	Shepard Menken	...	Tock (voice) (as Shep Menken)
	Cliff Norton	...	Spelling Bee / Senses Taker (voice)
	Larry Thor	...	Kakofonous A. Dischord (voice)
	Les Tremayne	...	Humbug (voice)

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Milo is a boy who is bored with life. One day he comes home to find a toll booth in his room. Having nothing better to do, he gets in his toy car and drives through - only to emerge in a world full of adventure. Written by Eric Sorensen <Eric_Sorensen@fc.mcps.k12.md.us>

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It's an Alphabeautiful Mathemagical New Musical Movie!

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Family | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

December 1972 (UK) See more »

Also Known As:

The Adventures of Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth See more »

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company Credits

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

When Milo is in class and many people are heard speaking at once, one of them is the voice of Mel Blanc who voiced Bugs Bunny. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: After the princesses Rhyme and Reason are rescued, the Kings toast each other, and as the car containing Milo, Tock and the Humbug drive past in front of them from right to left, for just a split-second, the car (and its occupants) disappears, and then reappears. See more »

Quotes

Humbug: If there's one thing I can't abide, it's a hypocrite.
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Connections

Referenced in "Parks and Recreation: Canvassing (#1.2)" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Word Market"
Music by Lee Pockriss
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Performed by Hans Conried See more »

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