Here Comes Peter Cottontail

About Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Peter Cottontail wants to be the #1 chief Easter Bunny, and everyone in April Valley agrees...except for Evil Irontail.

Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass directed Here Comes Peter Cottontail, a 1971 animation comedy film. Its themes are stop motion, TV special, anthropomorphic animal, and rabbit.

Danny Kaye takes the lead as Seymour S. Sassafras, Vincent Price as January Q. Irontail (voice), Casey Kasem as Peter Cottontail (voice), and Paul Frees as Colonel Wellington's Assistant. Released in April 1971, it runs 51 minutes.

The screenplay is by Romeo Muller and Thornton W. Burgess. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, and The Nightmare Before Christmas make useful companions to Here Comes Peter Cottontail, all filed under claymation. It carries a NR rating.