A Christmas Carol

Dec 24, 1977

0h 58m

★ 6.6

Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

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.

Genres

Family

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

A Christmas Carol Trailers

Cast

Ebenezer Scrooge

Michael Hordern

Marley's Ghost

John Le Mesurier

Ghost of Christmas Present

Bernard Lee

Ghost of Christmas Past

Patricia Quinn

Mrs. Cratchit

Carol MacReady

Belle

Zoë Wanamaker

Fred (Scrooge's Nephew)

Paul Copley

Topper

Christopher Biggins

Young Scrooge

John Salthouse

Caroline

Veronica Doran

Bob Cratchit

Clive Merrison

John

Stephen Churchett

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