Ruddigore
- Studio
- Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films
- Distributor
- Gala Films
Synopsis
This story of love and revenge, with its ghosts and magic, is set in 19th-century England. A line of British baronets is forced to commit a crime every day...or die.
Characters
Robin Oakapple, Sir Ruthven, Richard Dauntless, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, Rose Maybud, Mad Margaret, Dame Hannah Trusty, Sir Roderic Murgatroyd, Old Adam Goodheart, Zorah
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Joy Batchelor
- Associate Director
- Harold Whitaker
Producing
- Producer
- John Halas, Joy Batchelor
- Associate Producer
- James H. Lawrie
Writing
- Writer
- Joy Batchelor
- Based On The Original Operetta By
- William S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan
Animation
- Animator
- Tony Guy, Tony Whitehouse, A. Derrick, D. Knight, J. Perkins, J. Richards, D. Salter, T. Williams
- Animation Director
- Harold Whitaker
Voices
- Voice
- John Reed (Robin Oakapple, Sir Ruthven), David Palmer (Richard Dauntless), Kenneth Sandforth (Sir Despard Murgatroyd), Ann Hood (Rose Maybud), Peggy Ann Jones (Mad Margaret), Gillian Knight (Dame Hannah Trusty), Donald Adams (Sir Roderic Murgatroyd), George Cook (Old Adam Goodheart), Jennifer Toye (Zorah)
Music
- Music
- Arthur Sullivan (Original Operetta)
- Musical Director
- James Walker
Crew
- Backgrounds
- Ted Pettengell
- Design
- John Cooper, Ted Pettengell
- Sound
- Jack King
Companies and other credits
- Music Performed By: Gilbert & Sullivan Orchestra
- Music Performed By: The London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Musical Director: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Voices Provided By: The D'Oyle Carte Opera Company
Production notes
This was the first operetta to be animated.
Made for WBC-TV in the U.S.A., but shown theatrically in the United Kingdom.
Made for WBC-TV in the U.S.A., but shown theatrically in the United Kingdom.