A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (1984)

U
09/10/1984 (GB)
Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie, Family
1h 41m

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

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.

  • Clive DonnerDirector
  • Roger O. HirsonScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • future
  • based on novel or book
  • holiday
  • redemption
  • charity
  • miser
  • ghost
  • moral transformation
  • ghosts of the past
  • christmas
  • spectre
  • stingy
  • tyrannical boss
  • hopeful
  • fates warning
  • xmas eve

Top Billed Cast

George C. Scott

George C. Scott

Ebenezer Scrooge

Roger Rees

Roger Rees

Fred Holywell / Narrator

David Warner

David Warner

Bob Cratchit

Susannah York

Susannah York

Mrs. Cratchit

Edward Woodward

Edward Woodward

Ghost of Christmas Present

Angela Pleasence

Angela Pleasence

Ghost of Christmas Past

Michael Carter

Michael Carter

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Anthony Walters

Anthony Walters

Tiny Tim

Caroline Langrishe

Caroline Langrishe

Janet Holywell

Lucy Gutteridge

Lucy Gutteridge

Belle

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