Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol

Dec 18, 1979

2h 0m

★ 5.5

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.

Genres

Music

Family

TV Movie

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Cast

Cyrus Flint

Hoyt Axton

Laura Pritchett

Lynn Anderson

Dennis Pritchett

Mel Tillis

Roger

Larry Gatlin

Joan

Julie Gregg

Ghost of Jacob Burley

Tom T. Hall

Emmy

Barbara Mandrell

The Ghost of Christmas Past

Martha Raye

The Flint City Four

The Statler Brothers

The Ghost of Christmas Present

Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass

Annabelle Williams

Dottie West

T.J.

Steven Lutz

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