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Director:
John D. Wilson
Writers:
Joe Darion (screenplay)
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Release Date:
7 April 1971 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's sophisticated enough for kids, simple enough for adults!
Plot:
A newspaperman jumps in the river to drown himself. He reappears as a cockroach, who finds he can still... more | add synopsis
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Imaginative Fun for kids and kid-wannabes more

Cast

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Carol Channing ... Mehitabel (voice)
Eddie Bracken ... Archy (voice)
Alan Reed ... Big Bill (voice) (as Allen Reed Sr.)
John Carradine ... Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
Hal Smith ... Freddie the Rat / Prissy Cat (voice)
Joan Gerber ... Penelope the Fat Cat / Ladybugs of the Evening (voice)
Ken Sansom ... Rosie the Cat (voice)
Sal Delano ... Beatnik Spider (voice)
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Byron Kane ... Narrator (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Finland:K-8 | USA:PG

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Imaginative Fun for kids and kid-wannabes, 4 April 2004
Author: henrybareiss from Michigan

I have been a fan of archy and mehitabel for a long time. I like don marquis's commentary of life using a cockroach to speak for him. The animated film has music and wonderful voices to supplement the books of his columns. I have known several children that love the film too. It is not too depressing. Quite the opposite. archy and mehitabel show a remarkable joy of life even as they suffer from being an insect or an alley cat. Carol Channing was a favorite of mine for as long as I knew her. Her voice is unmistakable. Who else could have done Romeo & Juliette with such zest! Some of the musical scenes such as "flotsam & jetsam" are outstanding. archy's wonder of the passions of the world at ground level gives one pause for thought. He even envies a moth that wants to burn itself to death because of its desire for that one brief moment of intense beauty. He no longer wants to kill himself when he experiences so much richness, however mean and coarse it might be.

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