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Willy McBean and his Magic Machine (1965) is a Rankin/Bass full-length stop-motion puppet animation film released in theaters. Its main theme is time travel. It was also the first stop-motion animated feature film in the United States.[citation needed] Professor Rasputin Von Rotten builds a time machine to travel into the past to all the important accomplishments made in history to take credit for them himself. It is up to Pablo, his talking pet monkey, and boy genius Willy McBean to stop him.
Original Release
06/23/1965
US Release
06/23/1965
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Larry D. Mann | Professor Von Rotten / Professor Von Rotten (voice) |
| Billie Mae Richards | Willy McBean / Willy McBean (voice) |
| Alfie Scopp | Buffalo Bill Cody / The Dragon / General Custer / General Custer (voice) |
| Paul Kligman | Christopher Columbus / Sitting Bull / Sitting Bull (voice) |
| Bernard Cowan | Khufu / Ned the Caveman / Ned the Caveman (voice) |
| Paul Soles | Pablo the Monkey / King Ferdinand / King Ferdinand (voice) |
| Peggi Loder | (voice) (as Pegi Loder) / (voice) |
| Corinne Conley | (voice) |
| James Doohan | (voice) |
| Claude Rae | (voice) (as Claude Ray) / (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Arthur Rankin Jr., Antony Peters, Len Korobkin
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Larry D. Mann | Professor Von Rotten / Professor Von Rotten (voice) |
| Billie Mae Richards | Willy McBean / Willy McBean (voice) |
| Alfie Scopp | Buffalo Bill Cody / The Dragon / General Custer / General Custer (voice) |
| Paul Kligman | Christopher Columbus / Sitting Bull / Sitting Bull (voice) |
| Bernard Cowan | Khufu / Ned the Caveman / Ned the Caveman (voice) |
| Paul Soles | Pablo the Monkey / King Ferdinand / King Ferdinand (voice) |
| Peggi Loder | (voice) (as Pegi Loder) / (voice) |
| Corinne Conley | (voice) |
| James Doohan | (voice) |
| Claude Rae | (voice) (as Claude Ray) / (voice) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Arthur Rankin Jr. | Producer |
| Jules Bass | Producer |
| Larry Roemer | Producer |
