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.
Directed by Clive Donner
future
based on novel or book
holiday
redemption
charity
miser
ghost
moral transformation
ghosts of the past
christmas
spectre
stingy
tyrannical boss
christmas eve
hopeful
fates warning
Rank
#30 in 1984·#3858 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
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Cast
George C. Scott
Ebenezer Scrooge
Roger Rees
Fred Holywell / Narrator
David Warner
Bob Cratchit
Susannah York
Mrs. Cratchit
Edward Woodward
Ghost of Christmas Present
Angela Pleasence
Ghost of Christmas Past
Michael Carter
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Anthony Walters
Tiny Tim
Caroline Langrishe
Janet Holywell
Lucy Gutteridge
Belle
Nigel Davenport
Silas Scrooge
Mark Strickson
Young Scrooge
Crew
Tony Imi
Director of Photography
Charles Dickens
Novel
Roger Murray-Leach
Production Design
Jeremy Zimmermann
Casting
Glenn Freemantle
Assistant Sound Editor
Popular Reviews
134 reviews
fresh__fish
8.0★ · 12/27/25
watched this a couple of days too late but great adaptation and christmas movie overall
watched this a couple of days too late but great adaptation and christmas movie overall