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A Christmas Carol (1938)

NR ★ 7.0/10 69 min Drama, Fantasy, Family United States English
Novel: Charles Dickens
Screenplay by: Hugo Butler
Streaming: Not available
Greater than "David Copperfield"!

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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.

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Reginald Owen
Reginald Owen Ebenezer Scrooge
Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart Bob Cratchit
Terry Kilburn
Terry Kilburn 'Tiny Tim' Cratchit
Barry MacKay
Barry MacKay Scrooge's Nephew Fred
Lynne Carver
Lynne Carver Fred's Fiancee Bess
Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll Marley's Ghost
Ann Rutherford
Ann Rutherford Spirit of Christmas Past
Lionel Braham
Lionel Braham Spirit of Christmas Present

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