The Wind in the Willows
One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank, on a caravan expedition with Toad, until Toad switches allegiance to his new car and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help in curbing Toad's profligate habits. But Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence from the magistrate for theft, reckless driving, and Gross Impertinence. While Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and escapes jail dressed as a washer woman, Badger tries to guard Toad Hall from the machinations of the Weasels and is badly beaten. And it requires a plan of attack and all four comrades to regain Toad Hall.
Cast
Richard Pearson
as Mole
Michael Hordern
as Badger
Ian Carmichael
as Rat
David Jason
as Toad
Beryl Reid
as The Magistrate
Una Stubbs
as Jailer's Daughter / Various
Jonathan Cecil
as Reggie (voice)
Brian Trueman
as Weasel Henchman (voice)
Edward Kelsey
as (voice)
Alan Bardsley
as (voice)
Reviews
CinemaSerf
Cosgrove Hall were very much at the forefront of stop-motion animation in Britain at the start of the 1980s with their award-winning “Danger Mouse” and with this, probably their finest long-form adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s charming story. It’s “Mole” who gets fed up repainting his burrow and so ...
