The Return of the King (1980)

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Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.

• Released: 1980-05-11
• Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Adventure
• Runtime: 1h 38m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 229 votes

Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr..

Top cast

• Orson Bean as Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice)
• Roddy McDowall as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
• John Huston as Gandalf (voice)
• Theodore Gottlieb as Gollum (voice)
• Casey Kasem as Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck (voice)
• Sonny Melendrez as Peregrin 'Pippin' Took (voice)
• Theodore Bikel as Aragorn (voice)
• William Conrad as Lord Denethor (voice)
• Don Messick as King Theoden / Easterling / The Mouth of Sauron (voice)
• Paul Frees as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)

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