Who framed Roger Rabbit - Read Along Story book - As read by Charles Fleischer - Audio Cassette Tape

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Read Along book and tape read by Charles Fleischer. A toon hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder.

Cast of the full movie version were...

► Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant, an alcoholic private investigator who resents Toons. Executive producer Spielberg's first choice for the role was Harrison Ford, but Ford's price was too high. Bill Murray was also considered for the role; however, due to his method of receiving offers for roles, he missed out. Eddie Murphy reportedly turned down the role and later regretted it.

► Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom, the cold and power-hungry judge of Toontown District's Superior Court. Lloyd was cast because he previously worked with Zemeckis and Amblin Entertainment in Back to the Future. Lloyd compared his part as Doom to his previous role as the Klingon commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, both being overly evil characters which he considered being "fun to play". Lloyd avoided blinking his eyes while on camera in order to perfectly portray the character.

► Charles Fleischer as the voice of Roger Rabbit, an A-list Toon working for Maroon Cartoons, who is framed for the murder of Marvin Acme, and requests Eddie's help in proving his innocence. To facilitate Hoskins' performance, Fleischer dressed in a Roger bunny suit and "stood in" behind camera for most scenes.[12] Animation director Williams explained Roger Rabbit was a combination of "Tex Avery's cashew nut-shaped head, the swatch of red hair...like Droopy's, Goofy's overalls, Porky Pig's bow tie, Mickey Mouse's gloves and Bugs Bunny-like cheeks and ears." Fleischer also voices Benny the Cab and two members of Doom's Weasel Gang, Psycho and Greasy. Lou Hirsch, who supplied the voice for Baby Herman, was the original choice for Benny the Cab but was replaced by Fleischer.

► Stubby Kaye as Marvin Acme, the jester-like owner of the Acme Corporation. This was Kaye's last film before his retirement in 1988.

► Joanna Cassidy as Dolores, Eddie's on-off girlfriend who works as a waitress.

► Kathleen Turner provides the uncredited voice of Jessica Rabbit, Roger Rabbit's beautiful and flirtatious Toon wife,[14] She loves Roger because, as she says, "he makes me laugh". Amy Irving supplied the singing voice, while Betsy Brantley served as the stand-in. Alan Tilvern, in his final film role, portrays R. K. Maroon, the short-tempered and manipulative owner of "Maroon Cartoon" studios. Lou Hirsch provides the voice of Baby Herman, a mentally middle-aged smoker baby and co-star in Maroon Cartoons. Williams said Baby Herman was a mixture of "Elmer Fudd and Tweety crashed together".

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Gary K. Wolf (novel), Jeffrey Price (screenplay)

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