A Christmas Carol
A new powerful presentation of the most loved ghost story of all time!
1984 · 1h 41m · PG
Drama, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie
Directed by
Clive Donner
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A Christmas Carol
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Clive Donner Director
- George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Roger Rees as Fred Holywell / Narrator
- David Warner as Bob Cratchit
- Susannah York as Mrs. Cratchit
- Edward Woodward as Ghost of Christmas Present
- Angela Pleasence as Ghost of Christmas Past
- Michael Carter as Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
- Anthony Walters as Tiny Tim
- Caroline Langrishe as Janet Holywell
- Lucy Gutteridge as Belle
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