The read
It runs a compact 58m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Moira ArmstrongDirector
- Elaine MorganWriter
- Herbert ChappellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michael HordernEbenezer Scrooge
- John Le MesurierMarley's Ghost
- Bernard LeeGhost of Christmas Present
- Patricia QuinnGhost of Christmas Past
- Carol MacReadyMrs. Cratchit
- Zoë WanamakerBelle
- Paul CopleyFred (Scrooge's Nephew)
- Christopher BigginsTopper
- John SalthouseYoung Scrooge
- Veronica DoranCaroline
- Clive MerrisonBob Cratchit
- Stephen ChurchettJohn