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A Christmas Carol

7.5

Released October 09, 1984Runtime 1h 41min

A new powerful presentation of the most loved ghost story of all time!

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

Drama

Fantasy

TV Movie

Family

Production Companies

Entertainment Partners Ltd.

Production Countries

United Kingdom

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

George C. ScottEbenezer Scrooge

Roger ReesFred Holywell / Narrator

David WarnerBob Cratchit

Susannah YorkMrs. Cratchit

Edward WoodwardGhost of Christmas Present

Angela PleasenceGhost of Christmas Past

Michael CarterGhost of Christmas Yet to Come

Anthony WaltersTiny Tim

Caroline LangrisheJanet Holywell

Lucy GutteridgeBelle

Nigel DavenportSilas Scrooge

Mark StricksonYoung Scrooge

Joanne WhalleyFan

Frank FinlayJacob Marley

Brian PettiferBen

Peter SettelenBelle's Husband

Daniel ChattoWilliam

Timothy BatesonMr. Fezziwig

Michael GoughMr. Poole

John QuarmbyMr. Hacking

Peter WoodthorpeOld Joe

Liz SmithMrs. Dilber

Kieran HughesPeter Cratchit

Orlando WellsLittle Boy Cratchit

Cathryn HarrisonKate

John SharpTipton

Danny DaviesForbush

Derek FrancisPemberton

Catherine HallMeg

Pat RoseMrs. Fezziwig

Joseph BlatchleyGeorge

Gavin AsherAlfred

Rebecca BurrillAnne

Tim MunroMr. Topper

Alan BodenhamPoulterer

Spencer BanksDick Wilkins

Louise GasserMartha Cratchit

Sasha WellsBelinda Cratchit

Nancy DoddsLittle Girl Cratchit

Ian GilesBoy Who Gets Turkey

Crew

Clive DonnerDirector

Charles DickensNovel

Roger O. HirsonScreenplay

Robert E. FuiszExecutive Producer

Alfred R. KelmanProducer

William F. StorkeProducer

Noel DavisCasting

Jeremy ZimmermannCasting

Evangeline HarrisonCostume Design

Harry CordwellArt Direction

Peter ChildsArt Direction

Peter TannerEditor

Nick BicâtOriginal Music Composer

Tony ImiDirector of Photography

Roger Murray-LeachProduction Design

Christine BeveridgeMakeup Artist

Joan HillsMakeup Artist

Neville SmallwoodMakeup Artist

Glenn FreemantleAssistant Sound Editor

Nicolas Le MessurierSound Re-Recording Mixer

David JamesStill Photographer

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Reviews

A Christmas Carol (1984) Wonderful Adaptation. The 1984 TV version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a joyous thing. Fronted by George C. Scott as the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge, Clive Donner’s movie pays great respects to the source material and garners a multi stranded piece of brilli...

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#A Christmas Carol 88 of the 150 Movies of 1984 What are we dealing with here?: A Christmas Carol is an American dramatic fantasy film from director Clive Donner and writer Roger O. Hirson. This is one of many film adaptations of this classic Charles Dickens novella from 1843. It stars George C...