Little Willy McBean joins up with a Mexican monkey named Pablo to travel back in time and stop the evil Prof. von Rotten from changing history.
Practical Effects
Ambitious stop-motion puppet work across wildly different time periods.
Production
Rankin/Bass stretching their TV budget into feature-length madness.
Director
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Rankin/Bass's first theatrical feature, made the same year as their Rudolph TV special—explaining the 'throw everything at the wall' energy.
Billie Mae Richards, Willy's voice, also voiced Rudolph—meaning she carried two Rankin/Bass icons in one legendary year.
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