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The Sword in the Stone

The Sword in the Stone

Tired of living in a Medieval mess... Merlin uses all his magic powers to change a scrawny little boy into a legendary hero!

19637.21h 19m

Overview

Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.

Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
Written by T.H. White, Bill Peet
Produced by Walt Disney
Box OfficeBudget: $3.0MRevenue: $22.2M

Top Cast

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

The Narrator/Sir Ector (voice)

Karl Swenson

Karl Swenson

Merlin (voice)

Junius Matthews

Junius Matthews

Archimedes the Owl (voice)

Martha Wentworth

Martha Wentworth

Madam Mim / Old Lady Squirrel (voice)

Norman Alden

Norman Alden

Kay (voice)

Rickie Sorensen

Rickie Sorensen

Wart (voice)

Ginny Tyler

Ginny Tyler

Little Girl Squirrel (voice)

Alan Napier

Alan Napier

Sir Pellinore (voice)

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Richard Reitherman

Wart (voice)

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Robert Reitherman

Wart (voice)

Themes & Keywords

witchbased on novel or bookmagictransformationcartoonvillainknightking arthurturns into animalfemale villainexcaliburwizardwartwhimsical

About The Sword in the Stone

The Sword in the Stone is a animation, family, fantasy film released in 1963 exploring themes of witch, based on novel or book, magic, transformation, cartoon, villain. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it stars Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews. Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.

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