A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (1938)

Greater than "David Copperfield"!

Drama Fantasy Family

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.

star 6.9
  • Release Date: 1938-12-16
  • Runtime: 1h 9min
  • Director: Edwin L. Marin

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    • Trailer

    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)

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