Carry On Christmas

Dec 24, 1969

0h 50m

★ 6.3

Overview

Ebenezer Scrooge is a misery on Christmas, not allowing people money or doing anything to share Christmas cheer around his employees or acquaintances. While Scrooge is visited by three ghosts we see how his penny pinching has affected those around him.

Genres

Fantasy

Comedy

Production Companies

Thames Television

Carry On Christmas Trailers

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Cast

Ebenezer Scrooge

Sidney James

Choir Singer / Man with Presents / Dr. Frank N. Stein / Deirdre / Mr. Barrett / Baggie

Terry Scott

Choir Singer / Goose Thief / Angel / Spirit of Christmas Past / Gloria / Buttons

Charles Hawtrey

Choir Singer / Shopkeeper / Sister Hattie / Elizabeth Barrett / Bemused Passerby

Hattie Jacques

Goose Thief / Fanny / Spirit of Christmas Present / Cinderella

Barbara Windsor

Various Characters

Bernard Bresslaw

Street Beggar / Choir Singer / Strong Willing Lad / Count Dracula / Petunia / Haggie

Peter Butterworth

Robert Browning / Fairy Godmother

Frankie Howerd

Passerby (uncredited)

Ursula Granville

Passerby (uncredited)

John Scott Martin

Scrooge's Girl (uncredited)

Laura Thurlow

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