A Christmas Carol
“Greater than "David Copperfield"!”
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.
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Cast
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Reginald Owen
Ebenezer Scrooge
Known for
Mary Poppins
Mrs. Miniver
Gene Lockhart
Bob Cratchit
Known for
His Girl Friday
Miracle on 34th Street
Terry Kilburn
'Tiny Tim' Cratchit
Known for
Lolita
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Barry MacKay
Scrooge's Nephew Fred
Also in
Brown on Resolution
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Lynne Carver
Fred's Fiancee Bess
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Sucker List
Broadway Melody of 1940
Leo G. Carroll
Marley's Ghost
Known for
North by Northwest
Strangers on a Train
Ann Rutherford
Spirit of Christmas Past
Known for
Gone with the Wind
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Lionel Braham
Spirit of Christmas Present
Known for
Macbeth
Ronald Sinclair
Young Ebenezer
Known for
That Hamilton Woman
Tower of London
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Cratchit
Known for
The Glenn Miller Story
Lady in the Lake
Bunny Beatty
Martha Cratchit
Known for
Libeled Lady
Charles Peck
Peter Cratchit
Known for
Dead End
Edwin L. Marin Director · Hugo Butler Screenplay Charles Dickens Author
United States release December 16, 1938 · Produced in United States
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 16, 1938
Theatrical
United States · December 16, 1938
Theatrical
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