The Hobbit is a 1977 made for television film created by Rankin and Bass. The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien.
Plot 
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The film remains traditional to the original plot. However, Beorn is exempted from the film and the dwarves start a suicidal mission to protect the Mountain before becoming allies with the Elves and Men.
Cast Edit
Orson Bean – Bilbo Baggins
Richard Boone – Smaug
Hans Conried – Thorin Oakenshield
John Huston – Gandalf
Otto Preminger – The Elvenking
Cyril Ritchard – Elrond
Theodore – Gollum
Jack DeLeon – Dwalin, Fíli and Kíli, Kíli, Óin, Glóin, Ori, Nori, Bifur, Bofur, Troll #2
Don Messick – Balin, Goblin, Lord of the Eagles, Troll #3
John Stephenson – Dori, Bard, Great Goblin
Glenn Yarbrough – The Balladeer
Thurl Ravenscroft – Goblin (singing voice), Background voice
Staff Edit
Producers/Directors – Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
Writer – Romeo Muller
Based on "The Hobbit" – J. R. R. Tolkien
Music – Maury Laws
Lyrics – Jules Bass
Production Designer – Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Animation Coordinator – Toru Hara
Animation Supervisor – Tsuguyuki Kubo
Character Designers – Lester Abrams, Tsuguyuki Kubo
Background Designer – Minoru Nishida
Animation Directors – Katsuhisa Yamada, Koichi Sasaki
Animators – Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Tadakatsu Yoshida, Hidemi Kubo, Yukiyoshi Hane, Hidetoshi Kaneko, Kazuko Ito
Sound Effects – Tom Clack
Sound Recorders – John Curcio, Dave Iveland, Bob Elder
Choral Director – Lois Winter
Associate Producer – Masaki Iizuka
