Directed by:
Brian Desmond HurstCinematography:
C.M. Pennington-RichardsComposer:
Richard AddinsellCast:
Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Michael Hordern, George Cole, Francis De Wolff, Ernest Thesiger, Peter Bull, Maire O'Neill (more)VOD (2)
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Brian Desmond directs this adaptation of Dickens' classic tale about a miser who unexpectedly discovers the Christmas spirit. Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) is so mean-spirited that he even begrudges having to give his clerk, Bob Cratchit (Mervyn Johns), the day off for Christmas. Alone at home on Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his late partner, Jacob Marley (Michael Hordern), who warns him that he will be visited by three spirits in an attempt to make him change his hard-hearted ways. (Renown)
(more)Cast
![Alastair Sim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948808_9133af.jpg)
Alastair Sim
UK
Best movies:
An Inspector Calls (1954)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Stage Fright (1950)
![Kathleen Harrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948809_441739.jpg)
Kathleen Harrison
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Magic Box (1951)
![Mervyn Johns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/856/160856527_4d994f.jpg)
Mervyn Johns
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Never Let Go (1960)
Moby Dick (1956)
![Hermione Baddeley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525848_f2df27.jpg)
Hermione Baddeley
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Mary Poppins (1964)
![Michael Hordern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527020_25ef13.jpg)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
![George Cole](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/055/126/55126076_3d3d7a.jpg)
George Cole
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
An Inspector Calls (1954)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
![Francis De Wolff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247422_1fa6d1.jpg)
Francis De Wolff
UK
Best movies:
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Big Time Operators (1957)
![Ernest Thesiger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271467_50e517.jpg)
Ernest Thesiger
UK
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Man with a Million (1954)
![Peter Bull](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272437_d12805.jpg)
Peter Bull
UK
Best movies:
Maire O'Neill
Ireland
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Sidewalks of London (1938)
The Shame of Mary Boyle (1930)
![Richard Pearson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/407/158407024_4d60f2.jpg)
Richard Pearson
UK
Best movies:
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1975)
Columbo (1971) (series)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
![Patrick Macnee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763579_94d0f8.jpg)
Patrick Macnee
UK
Best movies:
The Adventures of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Columbo (1971) (series)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
![Jack Warner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/819/159819165_083634.jpg)
Jack Warner
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Roddy Hughes
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
In Which We Serve (1942)
![Carol Marsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/087/160087008_cceb19.png)
Carol Marsh
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Horror of Dracula (1958)
Brighton Rock (1947)
Miles Malleson
UK
Best movies:
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The 39 Steps (1935)
![Eliot Makeham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/648/161648031_4bf758.jpg)
Eliot Makeham
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
The Citadel (1938)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
![Eleanor Summerfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527122_d340b6.jpg)
Eleanor Summerfield
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Running Man (1963)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
![John Young](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/620/162620377_65c2b2.jpg)
John Young
UK
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
My Way Home (1978)
![Rona Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525204_92969c.jpg)
Rona Anderson
UK
Best movies:
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
A Christmas Carol (1951)