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A Christmas Carol

Greater than "David Copperfield"!

1938 · NR · 1h 9m

Directed by Edwin L. Marin

7.0

TMDB audience score
157 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Reginald Owen
    Ebenezer Scrooge

  • Gene Lockhart
    Bob Cratchit

  • Terry Kilburn
    'Tiny Tim' Cratchit

  • 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

  • Charles Peck
    Peter Cratchit

  • June Lockhart
    Belinda Cratchit (uncredited)

  • Charles Coleman
    Charity Solicitor Brummage

  • Matthew Boulton
    Charity Solicitor Twill

  • Forrester Harvey
    Old Fezziwig

  • John O'Day
    Dick Wilkins

  • Billy Bevan
    Street Watch Leader