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69% Critic Match
Frosty the Snowman
“Special Christmas magic!”
6.9 / 10• 1969• 25m•NR• English
FamilyAnimationTV Movie
Storyline
A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-living Frosty will melt in spring unless he takes refuge in a colder climate, the magic snowman and Karen, a young girl whom he befriends, stow away on a freight train headed for the North Pole. Little do they know that the magician is following them, and he wants his hat back!
Cast & Crew
Jimmy Durante
Narrator (voice)
Lead
Billy De Wolfe
Professor Hinkle (voice)
Jackie Vernon
Frosty the Snowman (voice)
Paul Frees
Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
June Foray
Teacher / Karen / Additional Voices (voice)
SD
Suzanne Davidson
Karen (voice) (uncredited)
GT
Greg Thomas
Karen's friends (voice) (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jules Bass's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Frosty the Snowman is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
