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A Christmas Carol (1951)  link to A Christmas Carol on IMDb  

Number: 252

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IMDb Rating:
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8.1/10 (15046 votes)

Country: UK, 86 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy

Director(s): Brian Desmond Hurst

Cast: Alastair Sim (as Ebenezer Scrooge), Hermione Baddeley (as Mrs. Cratchit), Michael Hordern (as Jacob Marley), Rona Anderson (as Alice), Ernest Thesiger (as The Undertaker)

Medium: VHS tape,

Storyline: Stingy businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is known as the meanest miser in Victorian London. He overworks and underpays his humble clerk, Bob Cratchit, whose little son, Tiny Tim, is crippled and may soon die. He also has nothing to do with his nephew, Fred, because his birth cost the life of his beloved sister. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge has a haunting nightmare from being visited by the ghost of his business partner, Jacob Marley. He is visited by three ghosts and is given one last chance to change his ways and save himself from the grim fate that befell Marley.

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3