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Alastair Sim, Brian Worth, C. Konarski

Considered by many to be the classic adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel, this 1951 version stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, the callous miser visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Michael...( read more  read more... ) Hordern plays the spirit who successfully haunts the old man. Co-starring in this seamless sketch of Dickens' England are Hermione Baddeley, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison and a young Patrick Macnee.

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Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst

Release Date: December 31, 1951

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DVD Release Date: November 4, 2003

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  • jplong39
    July 5, 2009
    jplong39
    Alistair Sim IS Scrooge...nice and atmospheric....beautifully made.
  • threefolddado
    December 1, 2008
    threefolddado
    One of the best adaptations of this story.
  • robinh4
    March 23, 2009
    robinh4
    There's so many versions of A Christmas Carol. I don't know if I have seen this one or not.
  • yantonisirait
    February 1, 2009
    yantonisirait
    good movie for everyone who wanna know what a little christmas is. Ur God is a God or just an idol
  • twraiderfan
    December 7, 2008
    twraiderfan
    Maybe the best Christmas movie ever

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  • "Before I draw nearer to that stone, tell me! Are these the shadows of things that must be, or are they the shadows of things that MIGHT be?" The above quote is a reference from what movie, from which character, and is in reference to whose stone?   Answer »
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