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title: 'Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jules Bass'
released: '1971-04-04'
runtime_minutes: 60
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/here-comes-peter-cottontail-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249577/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)

1971 · 60 min · Music, Family · United States


## Synopsis

Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a 1971 animated Easter television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, currently distributed by Universal Television and based on the 1957 novel, The Easter Bunny That Overslept, by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich. The special is narrated by Danny Kaye, and stars Casey Kasem, Vincent Price, Joan Gardner and Paul Frees. The special also features Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins's Easter song, "Here Comes Peter Cottontail".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jules Bass](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-bass), [Arthur Rankin Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-rankin-jr)
- **Producer:** [Jules Bass](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-bass), [Arthur Rankin Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-rankin-jr)
- **Screenplay:** [Romeo Muller](https://cinepixo.com/people/romeo-muller), [Thornton Burgess](https://cinepixo.com/people/thornton-burgess)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maury Laws](https://cinepixo.com/people/maury-laws)

## Cast

- [Danny Kaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-kaye)
- [Joan Gardner](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-gardner)
- [Paul Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frees)
- [Vincent Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-price)
- [Casey Kasem](https://cinepixo.com/people/casey-kasem)

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