(by Jim Read)
This is my attempt to recreate what the script for this timeless classic might have looked like, minus the stains from all the jelly donuts. Links for chapters will take you to that scene in the script; links for songs will take you to that song in the script; links for characters will take you to that character's first line in the script.
If you can provide missing credits, please email Sparky. For example, we know the names of all the actors who played the elves, but not which ones.
DVD Chapters
Songs
For the cast list below, I was unable to figure out who played each of the elves. The actors are Adriano Cornelli, Antonio De Martino, Francesco Doria, Arnaldo Fabrizio, Salvatore Furnari and Gaetano Guacci.
-->| Characters (in order introduced) | Actor |
|---|---|
| Singer | Glenn Yarbrough |
| Kids | |
| Sam Whipple | Paul Tripp |
| David, a boy | David Tripp |
| Santa Claus | Alberto Rabagliati |
| Officer Jim | Friedrich von Ledebur? |
| Blossom | John Karlsen |
| Mrs. Santa | Lidia Brazzi |
| Jonathan, the elf foreman | Mischa Auer |
| Apricot, an elf | |
| Spinach, an elf | |
| Happy, an elf | |
| Lemon, an elf | |
| Hurray, an elf | |
| Supposing, an elf | |
| Crabapple, an elf | |
| Phineas T. Prune | Rossano Brazzi |
| Mr. Prim | Sonny Fox |
| Prim's Saleswoman #1 | |
| Prim's Saleswoman #2 | |
| Joe, Prim's Salesman | |
| Two Workmen, Prim's employees | |
| Suzy | Michelle Yellen? |
| Suzy's Mother | Ruth Enders |
| Boy Hero, in tweed coat | |
| Boy #1 | |
| Boy #2 | |
| Boy #2's Mother | |
| A Brother and a Sister | |
| Line of children and their parents | |
| Brother with a black eye | |
| Surly Brother | |
| Girl and Mother | |
| Red-Haired Victim | |
| Boy and his Mother | |
| Boy in a Tan Coat | |
| Boy in a Checkered Coat | |
| Various Families | |
| Charlie, "the Boy Who Saved Christmas" | John Spencer Howell Jr. |
| A Shy Boy |