A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (1938)

U
16/12/1938 (GB)
Drama, Fantasy, Family
1h 9m

Greater than "David Copperfield"!

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.

  • Edwin L. MarinDirector
  • Hugo ButlerScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • clerk
  • holiday
  • redemption
  • little boy
  • apparition
  • black and white
  • spirit
  • goose
  • celebration
  • miser
  • ghost
  • christmas spirit
  • christmas
  • bookkeeper
  • generosity
  • lame child
  • sickly boy
  • xmas eve

Top Billed Cast

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Ebenezer Scrooge

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Bob Cratchit

Terry Kilburn

Terry Kilburn

'Tiny Tim' Cratchit

Barry MacKay

Barry MacKay

Scrooge's Nephew Fred

Lynne Carver

Lynne Carver

Fred's Fiancee Bess

Leo G. Carroll

Leo G. Carroll

Marley's Ghost

Ann Rutherford

Ann Rutherford

Spirit of Christmas Past

Lionel Braham

Lionel Braham

Spirit of Christmas Present

Ronald Sinclair

Ronald Sinclair

Young Ebenezer

Kathleen Lockhart

Kathleen Lockhart

Mrs. Cratchit

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