Scrooge

Nov 30, 1951

1h 26m

★ 7.4

Charles Dickens' Joyous Holliday Classic!

Overview

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

Genres

Fantasy

Drama

Production Companies

George Minter Productions

Scrooge Trailers

Cast

Ebenezer Scrooge

Alastair Sim

Bob Cratchit

Mervyn Johns

Tiny Tim Cratchit

Glyn Dearman

Young Ebenezer Scrooge

George Cole

Fred Scrooge

Brian Worth

Jacob Marley

Michael Hordern

Mrs. Dilber

Kathleen Harrison

Alice

Rona Anderson

Jorkins

Jack Warner

Spirit of Christmas Past

Michael Dolan

Spirit of Christmas Present

Francis de Wolff

Fan Scrooge

Carol Marsh

A family of three moves to a haunted house. The couple's 10-year-old son runs into the ghost of the house but isn't scared. He tells the ghost that since his father is a writer of horror novels he lost fear of horror stories. The ghost then confides in the boy that he is a lonely ghost on account of the modern world focused on so many material priorities. Child and ghost become best friends, playing together, telling stories and helping the ghost pay his rent by scaring people every month.

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