A Christmas Carol (1951)
Note: this print runs 87 minutes against a recorded 96 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Edward Woodward, David Warner, Susannah York, Roger Rees, Joanne Whalley, Lucy Gutteridge
Directed by Clive Donner
A Christmas Carol is a 1984 Christmas fantasy television film adapted from Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol (1843). The film was directed by Clive Donner, who was an editor of the 1951 film Scrooge, and stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge. It also features Frank Finlay as Marley's Ghost, David Warner as Bob Cratchit, Susannah York as Mrs. Cratchit, Angela Pleasence as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Edward Woodward as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Roger Rees as Scrooge's nephew Fred; Rees also narrates portions of Charles Dickens' words at the beginning and end of the film. It was filmed in the historic medieval county town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
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