A Christmas Carol

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Synopsis

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Directed by

Edwin L. Marin

Written by

Hugo Butler, Charles Dickens

Cast

Reginald Owen

Ebenezer Scrooge

Gene Lockhart

Bob Cratchit

Terry Kilburn

'Tiny Tim' Cratchit

BA

Barry MacKay

Scrooge's Nephew Fred

Lynne Carver

Fred's Fiancee Bess

Leo G. Carroll

Marley's Ghost

Ann Rutherford

Spirit of Christmas Past

Lionel Braham

Spirit of Christmas Present

Ronald Sinclair

Young Ebenezer

Kathleen Lockhart

Mrs. Cratchit

Bunny Beatty

Martha Cratchit

CH

Charles Peck

Peter Cratchit

June Lockhart

Belinda Cratchit (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Charity Solicitor Brummage

Matthew Boulton

Charity Solicitor Twill

Forrester Harvey

Old Fezziwig

Details

Released

December 16, 1938

Runtime

1h 9m

Status

Released

Language

EN

Country

United States of America

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