A Christmas Carol (U.S. title) or Scrooge is a 1951 British film adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic novel A Christmas Carol. It was directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. The screenplay was written by Noel Langley. It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge.
Plot[]
An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption on Christmas Eve when he is haunted by three ghosts. The spirits remind him of the past that has led him to be the cold-hearted man he is, show him the effect his harshness is having on others in the present, and reveal his possible future if he does not change his ways.
Cast[]
- Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber
- Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit
- Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit
- Michael Hordern as Jacob Marley/Marley's Ghost
- George Cole as Young Ebenezer Scrooge
- John Charlesworth as Peter Cratchit
- Michael Dolan as The Ghost of Christmas Past
- Francis de Wolff as The Ghost of Christmas Present
- C. Konarski as Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
- Rona Anderson as Alice (Belle)
- Carol Marsh as Fan
- Brian Worth as Fred
- Miles Malleson as Old Joe
- Ernest Thesiger as the Undertaker
- Glyn Dearman as Tiny Tim
- Roddy Hughes as Fezziwig
- Hattie Jacques as Mrs. Fezziwig
- Louise Hampton as Laundress
- Eliot Makeham as Mr. Snedrig
- Hugh Dempster as Mr. Groper
- Richard Pearson as Mr. Tupper
- Jack Warner as Mr. Jorkin
- Patrick Macnee as the young Jacob Marley
- Douglas Muir as Businessman
- Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins
- Theresa Derrington as Fred's Maid
Trivia[]
- Though it is a quintessential Christmas film, it was actually released on Halloween in 1951.