The Return of the King (1980)
The Return of the King (1980)
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Plot.
Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.
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Cast & Crew.
Orson Bean
Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice)
Roddy McDowall
Samwise Gamgee (voice)
John Huston
Gandalf (voice)
Theodore Gottlieb
Gollum (voice)
Casey Kasem
Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck (voice)
Sonny Melendrez
Peregrin 'Pippin' Took (voice)
Theodore Bikel
Aragorn (voice)
William Conrad
Lord Denethor (voice)
Don Messick
King Theoden / Easterling / The Mouth of Sauron (voice)
Paul Frees
Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
John Stephenson
Gondorian Guard / Dwimmerlaik - The Witch-King of Angmar (voice)
Nellie Bellflower
Eowyn / Dernhelm (voice)
Glenn Yarbrough
The Minstrel (voice)
Jules Bass
Producer / Director
Masaki Îzuka
Producer
Maury Laws
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 11, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
elves
orcs
shire
tower
musical
Wiki.
The Return of the King (also known as The Return of the King: A Story of the Hobbits) is a 1980 American-Japanese animated musical fantasy television film created by Rankin/Bass and Topcraft. It is an adaptation of part of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1955 high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It takes its name from The Return of the King, the third and final volume of the novel, and is a sequel to the 1977 film The Hobbit.
The special aired on ABC on Sunday, May 11, 1980 after a legal challenge filed by the Tolkien Estate and Fantasy Films was settled. Both critics and fans gave The Return of the King a lukewarm welcome.
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