"Charles Dickens' Joyous Holliday Classic!"

1951

1h 26m

7.4(344 votes)

Fantasy

Drama

Overview

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

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Cast & Crew

43 members

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Alastair Sim

Ebenezer Scrooge

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Mervyn Johns

Bob Cratchit

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Glyn Dearman

Tiny Tim Cratchit

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George Cole

Young Ebenezer Scrooge

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Brian Worth

Fred Scrooge

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Michael Hordern

Jacob Marley

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Kathleen Harrison

Mrs. Dilber

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Rona Anderson

Alice

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Jack Warner

Jorkins

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Michael Dolan

Spirit of Christmas Past

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Francis de Wolff

Spirit of Christmas Present

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Carol Marsh

Fan Scrooge

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Hermione Baddeley

Mrs. Cratchit

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John Charlesworth

Peter Cratchit

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Miles Malleson

Old Joe

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Ernest Thesiger

The Undertaker

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Olga Edwardes

Fred's Wife

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Roddy Hughes

Fezziwig

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Hattie Jacques

Mrs. Fezziwig

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Eleanor Summerfield

Miss Flora

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Louise Hampton

Laundress

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Czeslaw Konarski

Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come

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Eliot Makeham

Mr. Snedrig

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Peter Bull

First Businessman / Narrator

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Douglas Muir

Second Businessman

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Noel Howlett

First Collector

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Fred Johnson

Second Collector

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Henry Hewitt

Mr. Rosehed

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Hugh Dempster

Mr. Groper

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David Hannaford

Boy Sent to Buy Turkey

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Maire O'Neill

Alice's Patient

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Richard Pearson

Mr. Tupper

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Patrick Macnee

Young Jacob Marley

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Clifford Mollison

Samuel Wilkins

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Moiya Kelly

Martha Cratchit (uncredited)

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Tony Wager

Fezziwig's Lad (uncredited)

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Teresa Derrington

Fred's Maid

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Vi Kaley

Old Lady Sitting by Stove At The Charity Hospital

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Lualle Kemp

Mary Cratchit

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Catherine Leach

Belinda Cratchit

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Derek Stephens

Dancer at Fezziwig's

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Tony Wager

Fezziwig's Lad

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Ian Wilson

Blind Man

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