It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Every year he rises from the pumpkin patch...

1966 • 25 min • Family · Animation · TV Movie · Comedy

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Synopsis

Join the Peanuts gang for a timeless adventure as Charlie Brown preps for a party, Snoopy sets his sights on the Red Baron, and Linus patiently awaits a pumpkin patch miracle.

Our family guide

Best from age 4

Movie Knight Score

458 reviews

100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
75 Audience · 457 · 49%

The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween with costumes, parties, and trick-or-treating. Linus holds vigil, hoping to meet the Great Pumpkin, while Charlie Brown faces his usual challenges. This classic special captures the spirit of the season with gentle humor.

Violence & peril: 1/10
Language: 0/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 2/10

Heads up

Some gentle teasing among friends
Linus waits alone in a pumpkin patch

What it models well

Friendship and loyalty
Tradition and imagination
Patience and hope

Talk about it after

Belief in something others doubt
Dealing with disappointment
The meaning of Halloween traditions

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Top billed cast

Director: Bill Melendez • Crew: Charles M. Schulz

Trailers & clips

It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown: Original Promos Restored

Ghost Costumes Clip

Trailer

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! - Original 1966 CBS Promo

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Deluxe Edition - on DVD Now

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 1966 TV promo

Pumpkin Clip

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Clip

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
So...It has the Red baron Snoopy WWI fantasy...and that is what you remember. That is the most awesome part of any Charlie Brown movie. And...beyond that you have a kid making up a story and believing it that would, almost 30 years later, be spoofed in an episode of the Simpsons. So it has staying power. But really, it's a childhood classic that you love first because it is wonderful and touching, then later...
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