The Golden Touch

"A fable of a king whose touch turns everything to gold."

6.5(95 votes)

1935

0h 10m

AnimationComedy

King Midas is visited by an elf; the elf turns his cat to gold, then claps his hands and it changes back. Midas begs for the golden touch, but the elf warns him it would be a curse to him. Midas insists. He dances about joyfully at first, but discovers the drawbacks when he sits down to dinner. Fearing death by starvation, he summons the elf and agrees to surrender everything he owns to have the curse lifted.

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Production

Budget:$35,458

Companies:

Walt Disney Productions

Languages

Original:en

Spoken:

English

Cast

Billy Bletcher

King Midas (voice) (uncredited)

Mary Moder

Goldie (voice) (uncredited)

Clarence Nash

Grim Reaper (voice) (uncredited)

Purv Pullen

Bird (voice) (uncredited)

Toby Wing

Bird (voice) (uncredited)

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