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Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley.
A Christmas Carol: Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. With Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley. Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time.
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- Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Brian Desmond Hurst
- 1951-12-02
Scrooge, or A Christmas Carol, 1951. A famous adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Starring Alistair Simm; Produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst; screenplay by Noel Langley....
- 87 min
- 62.9K
- Darkside Guide
After resentfully allowing timid clerk Bob Cratchit (Mervyn Johns) to have the holiday to spend with his loving wife (Hermione Baddeley) and family, Scrooge is swept into a nightmare.
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- Alastair Sim
- Brian Desmond Hurst
- Holiday, Fantasy
Christmas Carol, A (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Jacob Marley Scrooge (Alastair Sim) arriving home Christmas evening, spooky business beginning, Michael Hordern as his dead partner Jacob Marley, in the celebrated 1951 version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, directed by Brian Desmond-Hurst.
- Brian Desmond-Hurst, Denis O'dell
- Alastair Sim
Dec 23, 2018 · The black-and-white version starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge is praised for its atmospheric horror, realistic acting and faithful script. Learn how the film was made, received and became a classic of the genre.
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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.