The Golden Touch

The Golden Touch

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1935-03-22
Duration:10 min
Director:Walt Disney
Actors:Billy Bletcher, Mary Moder, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen, Toby Wing
Production:Walt Disney Productions

Overview:

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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