A Close Shave

A cracking wacky adventure.

Part of Wallace & Gromit Collection

1996•30m•7.6/10

FamilyAnimationComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(920)

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

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Production

Aardman, BBC Bristol Productions, BBC Children's Productions, Wallace and Gromit

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis

Wallace (voice)

Anne Reid

Anne Reid

Wendolene (voice)

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