The Small One (A Christmas Miracle) (1978)

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7.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by (View all)

Wolfgang Reitherman

Jack Cutting

Starring (View all)

Sean Marshall
Boy (voice)

William Woodson
Tanner

Olan Soule
Father

Hal Smith
Auctioneer

Joe Higgins
Guard

Gordon Jump
Joseph

Clarence Nash
Small One

Thurl Ravenscroft
Potter

Written by

Vance Gerry
(story)

Charles Tazewell
(book)

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Release date: 16 December 1978

Tags: Animation (3), 1970s (3), Short (3), 1978 (3), Cartoon (2), Family (2), Christmas (2), Drama (1), Holiday (1), Disney (1), Religion (1), Children's (1), American (1), Based On Book (1), Nazareth (1), American Animation (1)

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" ♪ ♫ Clink, clink, clank, clank, give the money to the bank ♫ ♪"

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"DIR: Don Bluth SUMMARY: A young boy must part with his best friend, a small donkey, when the family can no longer afford to keep him. WHY IT'S HERE: Disney's 'The Small One' is a heavy-handedly sentimental short which is nevertheless notable for several reasons. For one, 'The Small One' is one of the few overtly religious films Disney released. More significantly however, 'The Small One' also marked the directorial debut of Don Bluth, the Disney animator who would eventually briefly become t"