The Little Engine That Could (1991 film)

The Little Engine That Could
VHS cover
Directed byDave Edwards
Screenplay byRay Rhamey
Based onThe Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper
Produced by
Starring
Edited byTerry Brown
Music by
    • Ben Heneghan
    • Ian Lawson
Production
company
Distributed byMCA/Universal Home Video
Release date
  • November 22, 1991 (1991-11-22) (United States)
Running time
30 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Little Engine That Could is a 1991 animated adventure film directed by Dave Edwards and co-produced by Edwards and Mike Young, animated at Kalato Animation in Wales and co-financed by Universal Pictures through their MCA/Universal Home Video arm and S4C, Wales' dedicated Welsh-language channel. It was released on VHS on November 22, 1991 by MCA/Universal Home Video. The film features the voice talents of Kath Soucie and Frank Welker. It is based on the 1930 book of the same name, by Watty Piper (specifically based on the 1976 illustrations by Ruth Sanderson). The film was also syndicated in the US on broadcast television as an Easter special in March/April 1993.