Movies / A Christmas Carol (1951) aka Scrooge
Runtime: 86 min
Languages: English
Countries: UK
Widely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British adaptation, starring Alastair Sim (entitled Scrooge in its U.K. release). Sim plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a London miser who, despite his wealth, refuses to make charitable contributions and treats his sole employee, Bob Cratchit, as an indentured servant. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley, who was as selfish as Scrooge in life and has been condemned to an eternity of wandering the Earth in shackles. Marley informs Scrooge that he's to receive a trio of spirits that night who will take him on a journey through Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come. As Scrooge encounters each apparition, he is taken on a tour of his life and realizes what a wretch he is, transformed by greed from an idealistic youth into an embittered ogre. Infused with a new, cheery outlook, Scrooge sets about earning his redemption.~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Brian Desmond Hurst | (as Brian Desmond-Hurst) |
Writers (2) | Credit |
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Charles Dickens | (story "A Christmas Carol") |
Noel Langley | (adaptation and screenplay) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Richard Addinsell | (musical score by) |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Clive Donner | (film editor) |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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C.M. Pennington-Richards | (director of photography) (as C. Pennington-Richards) |
Actors (36) | Credit |
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Alastair Sim | Ebenezer Scrooge |
Brian Worth | Fred |
Carol Marsh | Fan Scrooge |
C. Konarski | Spirit of Christmas Yet To Come |
Clifford Mollison | Samuel Wilkins |
David Hannaford | ... |
Douglas Muir | Second Businessman |
Eleanor Summerfield | Miss Flora |
Eliot Makeham | Mr. Snedrig |
Ernest Thesiger | The Undertaker |
Francis De Wolff | Spirit of Christmas Present (as Francis de Wolff) |
Fred Johnson | Second Collector |
George Cole | Young Ebenezer Scrooge |
Glyn Dearman | Tiny Tim |
Hattie Jacques | Mrs. Fezziwig |
Henry Hewitt | Mr. Rosehed |
Hermione Baddeley | Mrs. Cratchit |
Hugh Dempster | Mr. Groper |
Jack Warner | Mr. Jorkin |
John Charlesworth | Peter Cratchit |
Kathleen Harrison | Mrs. Dilber |
Louise Hampton | Laundress |
Maire O'Neill | Alice's Patient |
Mervyn Johns | Bob Cratchit |
Michael Dolan | Spirit of Christmas Past |
Michael Hordern | Jacob Marley / Marley's Ghost |
Miles Malleson | Old Joe |
Noel Howlett | First Collector |
Olga Edwardes | Fred's Wife |
Patrick Macnee | Young Jacob Marley (as Patrick MacNee) |
Peter Bull | First Businessman, Narrator |
Richard Pearson | Mr. Tupper |
Roddy Hughes | Fezziwig |
Rona Anderson | Alice |
Tony Wager | Fezziwig's Lad (uncredited) |
Vi Kaley | Old Lady Sitting By Stove At The Charity Hospital (uncredited) |