The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold

TV Movie
19811981
TV-GTV-G
25m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

689

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Animation Comedy Family

An Irish sailor is stranded on an island full of Leprechauns and soon finds himself aiding them in protecting their gold from a greedy Hag.An Irish sailor is stranded on an island full of Leprechauns and soon finds himself aiding them in protecting their gold from a greedy Hag.An Irish sailor is stranded on an island full of Leprechauns and soon finds himself aiding them in protecting their gold from a greedy Hag.

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

689

YOUR RATING

- Jules Bass
- Arthur Rankin Jr.
- Romeo Muller
Stars
- Art Carney(voice)
- Peggy Cass(voice)
- Bob McFadden(voice)

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Boris Karloff, Mickey Rooney, George S. Irving, Billie Mae Richards, Dick Shawn, and Jackie Vernon in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)

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Art Carney

Narrator
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Peggy Cass

Faye
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Bob McFadden

Lord of the Leprechauns
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(as Robert McFadden)

Ken Jennings

Dinty Doyle
(voice)
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Gerry Matthews

Christine Mitchell

Old Mag
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Glynis Bieg

Girl
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Frankie Moronski

Boy
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Aidan Nicolle

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Trivia
The song "Christmas in Killarney" was not written for this program, but was in fact a popular song from the 1940s. It was famously recorded by Dennis Day, who lent his voice to several other Rankin/Bass specials.

Soundtracks
Christmas in Killarney
Words and Music by John Redmond, James Cavanaugh, and Frank Weldon

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7/10

Much better if thought of as a St Patty's Day special

This odd little special from Rankin/Bass mixes a little Christmas in with a bunch of Irish shenanigans! Though filmed in the same stop-motion puppet animation style of their classics "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Santa Claus Is Comin To Town", this feels entirely different in tone from those snow-covered merry escapades. Gold and shamrock green colors burst from the screen in a cute little story on an Emerald Isle involving leprechauns, banshees and gold - the Christmas part really just seems like an afterthought. But it's still got that great R/B style with charming set designs, cute puppet characters and bouncy happy music. So, with the wealth of other holiday options from Rankin/Bass, why not save this one for March when it will bring out the merriment of that season, as the others do for Christmas.

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