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.
A Christmas Carol
“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.
Director
Edwin L. Marin
Status
Released
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Reginald Owen
Ebenezer Scrooge
Gene Lockhart
Bob Cratchit
Terry Kilburn
'Tiny Tim' Cratchit
Barry MacKay
Scrooge's Nephew Fred
Lynne Carver
Fred's Fiancee Bess
Leo G. Carroll
Marley's Ghost
Ann Rutherford
Spirit of Christmas Past
Lionel Braham
Spirit of Christmas Present
Ronald Sinclair
Young Ebenezer
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Cratchit
Bunny Beatty
Martha Cratchit
Charles Peck
Peter Cratchit
June Lockhart
Belinda Cratchit (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Charity Solicitor Brummage
Matthew Boulton
Charity Solicitor Twill
Forrester Harvey
Old Fezziwig
John O'Day
Dick Wilkins
Billy Bevan
Street Watch Leader
William Ripley Dorr
Singers of 'Adeste Fideles' (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan
Spirit of Christmas Future
Harry Cording
Waiter (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Man Discussing Scrooge's Funeral (uncredited)
Halliwell Hobbes
Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Schoolmaster (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
Man on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
(uncredited)
Crauford Kent
Scrooge's Tall Business Associate (uncredited)
Delmar Watson
Snowballer in Gang (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
(uncredited)
Video Gallery
A Christmas Carol - Trailer
