Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol (1979)

12/18/1979 (US) • 2h

Music, Family, TV Movie

Overview

Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" takes a contemporary jolt in this original musical set in modern-day Tennessee. Cyrus Flint is a mean old banker whose one and only concern is the welfare of Flint City Bank. Dennis and Laura Pritchett are two parents struggling to make enough money to pay for an operation their son needs. Flint is organizing a songwriting and singing contest with a $2,000 first prize to promote his bank.

Top Billed Cast

Hoyt Axton

Cyrus Flint

Lynn Anderson

Laura Pritchett

Mel Tillis

Dennis Pritchett

Tom T. Hall

Ghost of Jacob Burley

Martha Raye

The Ghost of Christmas Past

The Statler Brothers

The Flint City Four


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

country music

musical

tennessee

christmas

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