Cricket on the Hearth is a 1967 American Christmas animated fantasy drama film produced by Rankin/Bass Productions and DW-Go Fish Cartoon Studio, and animated by Television Corporation of Japan (now Eiken). It is based on the book of the same name by Charles Dickens and premiered as a television special on NBC on December 18, 1967, as the twelfth episode of The Danny Thomas Hour. It was released theatrically across United States for a limited time on December 6, 1968.