The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1949 68 min ★ 6.5 Horror, Fantasy, Animation, Family

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

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Cast

Bing Crosby

Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")

Basil Rathbone

Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")

Eric Blore

Mr. Toad (voice)

J. Pat O'Malley

Cyril Proudbottom (voice)

John McLeish

Prosecutor (voice)

Colin Campbell

Mole (voice)

Campbell Grant

Angus MacBadger (voice)

Claud Allister

Rat (voice)

Oliver Wallace

Gang Leader (voice)

Pinto Colvig

Ichabod Crane (screaming) (voice)

Details

Director

Clyde Geronimi

Tagline

"Two Tall Tales by the world's top story-tellers in one hilarious All-Cartoon Feature!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$3,250,000

Production

Walt Disney Productions

Reviews

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r96sk

May 16, 2021

★ 6/10

Two stories: one good, one less so. <em>'The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'</em> is another Disney package film. It's probably one of the better ones to be fair, though still fails to truly entertain. The first story featuring Mr. Toad is fairly enjoyable, while the one with Ichabod starts off solidly but by its end I found myself less interested. Bing Crosby and Basil Rathbone do well ...

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CinemaSerf

August 13, 2023

★ 6/10

Basil Rathbone starts this double feature off with his engaging narration of a very much shortened version of "The Wind in the Willows". "Toad" is a bit of an adventurer. Indeed, he might even be the world's first faddist! Running amok the countryside with his new equine friend "Cyril" pulling a great yellow wagon, he is causing no end of stress for his friends "Angus MacBadger", "Ratty" and "Mole...

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daniel_carr

February 23, 2026

★ 5/10

I'm watching all the Disney movies I haven't seen. The blockbuster ones are well known but ones like this I thought were a Saturday afternoon TV show. Didn't know it was a movie! Was fun, interesting was learning about the multi-layer machine they developed in Bambi to create the effect of realism they used in the Ichabod portion but they don't use it in many of the films probably because it would...