A Christmas Carol
movie
Greater than "David Copperfield"!
Released December 16, 1938
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.
Cast
Reginald Owen
as
Ebenezer Scrooge
Gene Lockhart
as
Bob Cratchit
Terry Kilburn
as
'Tiny Tim' Cratchit
Barry MacKay
as
Scrooge's Nephew Fred
Lynne Carver
as
Fred's Fiancee Bess
Leo G. Carroll
as
Marley's Ghost
Ann Rutherford
as
Spirit of Christmas Past
Lionel Braham
as
Spirit of Christmas Present
Ronald Sinclair
as
Young Ebenezer
Kathleen Lockhart
as
Mrs. Cratchit
Bunny Beatty
as
Martha Cratchit
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Charles Peck
as
Peter Cratchit
