A Christmas Carol
“Greater than "David Copperfield"!”
1938•NR•1h 9m•7.0•Released
DramaFantasyFamily
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.
Director
Edwin L. Marin
Writer
Hugo Butler
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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