Directed by:
George PalCast:
Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Bernard Miles, Jessie Matthews, Peter Bull, Dal McKennon, Barbara Ferris, Suzanna Leigh (more)VOD (1)
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Things are looking up for the woodcutter's lad named tom thumb. Of course, when you're a mere 5 1/2 inches tall, that's the only way things can look. The tiny hero overcomes hard luck and huge obstacles while saving his parents from harm in this beloved Best Special Effects Academy Award winner based on the brothers Grimm tale and produced and directed by trailblazing effects moviemaker George Pal.
Russ Tamblyn plays the title role, bringing athletic enthusiasm to an imaginative story in which toys spring to life (but only for Tom!) and unoccupied shoes happily cavort.
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Cast
Russ Tamblyn
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
West Side Story (1961)
Drive (2011)
Alan Young
UK
Best movies:
DuckTales: Treasure of the Golden Suns (1987) (TV movie)
DuckTales The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
Peter Sellers
UK
Best movies:
Bernard Miles
UK
Best movies:
Great Expectations (1946)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
The Citadel (1938)
Jessie Matthews
UK
Best movies:
Tom Thumb (1958)
Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Peter Bull
UK
Best movies:
Dal McKennon
USA
Best movies:
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
The Birds (1963)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Barbara Ferris
UK
Best movies:
Tom Thumb (1958)
Term of Trial (1962)
The Krays (1990)
Suzanna Leigh
UK
Best movies:
Tom Thumb (1958)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Boeing, Boeing (1965)
Peter Butterworth
UK
Best movies:
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Night and the City (1950)
Murder She Said (1961)
Ian Wallace
UK
Best movies:
The Great Manhunt (1950)
Tom Thumb (1958)
Plenty (1985)