A delightful, animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. A Cricket on the Hearth, tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful Cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning. When tragedy strikes the family, it's Crocket who comes to the rescue and restores peace and happiness.
Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.
holiday
cricket
toy maker
christmas
live action and animation
toymaker
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
2.4 / 5
Cast
Danny Thomas
Caleb (voice)
Marlo Thomas
Bertha (voice)
Roddy McDowall
Cricket Crocket (voice)
Hans Conried
Tackleton (voice)
Paul Frees
Messenger / Uriah / Captain / Toy Elephant (voice)
Ed Ames
Edward (voice)
Abbe Lane
Moll (voice)
Crew
Jules Bass
Director
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Director
Romeo Muller
Writer
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Writer
Maury Laws
Original Music Composer
Aaron Spelling
Executive Producer
Danny Thomas
Executive Producer
Charles Dickens
Novel
Maury Laws
Songs
Jules Bass
Lyricist
Paul Coker Jr.
Production Design
Popular Reviews
14 reviews
Daphne
1.0★ · 12/30/25
genuinely wtf
genuinely wtf
Dylan S
5.0★ · 12/05/25
Jeremiah Bleak’s skin tone is like vomit green. He does not have a splendid figure. Cricket has the whole ocean trying to help bring him back to land. Both the art style and animation were very simplistic. The plot was serviceable.
Jeremiah Bleak’s skin tone is like vomit green. He does not have a splendid figure. Cricket has the whole ocean trying to help bring him back to land. Both the art style and animation were very simplistic. The plot was serviceable.
