A Christmas Carol (1938)

12/16/1938 (US) • 1h 9m

Drama, Fantasy, Family

Greater than "David Copperfield"!

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

clerk

holiday

redemption

little boy

apparition

spirit

goose

celebration

miser

ghost

christmas spirit

christmas

bookkeeper

generosity

lame child

sickly boy

xmas eve

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