A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-living Frosty will melt in spring unless he takes refuge in a colder climate, the magic snowman and Karen, a young girl whom he befriends, stow away on a freight train headed for the North Pole. Little do they know that the magician is following them, and he wants his hat back!
Cast
Jimmy Durante
Narrator (voice)
Billy De Wolfe
Professor Hinkle (voice)
Jackie Vernon
Frosty the Snowman (voice)
Paul Frees
Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)
June Foray
Teacher / Karen / Additional Voices (voice)
Suzanne Davidson
Karen (voice) (uncredited)
Greg Thomas
Karen's friends (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Jules Bass
Director, Producer
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Director, Producer
Romeo Muller
Writer
Irwin Goldress
Editor
Osamu Dezaki
Animation Director
Steve Nakagawa
Animation Supervisor
Akio Sugino
Key Animation
Tsuguyuki Kubo
Key Animation
Bob Elder
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eric Tomlinson
Sound Recordist
Phil Kaye
Sound Engineer
Jim Harris
Sound Engineer
Maury Laws
Music Director
Paul Coker Jr.
Character Designer
Jimmy Durante
Theme Song Performance
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