Fantasy / Drama /

Score: 74%( 343 votes )

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.

Cast:

Alastair Sim
Ebenezer Scrooge

Mervyn Johns
Bob Cratchit

Glyn Dearman
Tiny Tim Cratchit

George Cole
Young Ebenezer Scrooge

Brian Worth
Fred Scrooge

Michael Hordern
Jacob Marley

Kathleen Harrison
Mrs. Dilber

Rona Anderson
Alice

Jack Warner
Jorkins

Michael Dolan
Spirit of Christmas Past

Francis de Wolff
Spirit of Christmas Present

Carol Marsh
Fan Scrooge

Hermione Baddeley
Mrs. Cratchit

John Charlesworth
Peter Cratchit

Miles Malleson
Old Joe

Ernest Thesiger
The Undertaker

Olga Edwardes
Fred's Wife

Roddy Hughes
Fezziwig

Hattie Jacques
Mrs. Fezziwig

Eleanor Summerfield
Miss Flora

Louise Hampton
Laundress

Czeslaw Konarski
Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come

Eliot Makeham
Mr. Snedrig

Peter Bull
First Businessman / Narrator

Douglas Muir
Second Businessman

Noel Howlett
First Collector

Fred Johnson
Second Collector

Henry Hewitt
Mr. Rosehed

Hugh Dempster
Mr. Groper

David Hannaford
Boy Sent to Buy Turkey

Maire O'Neill
Alice's Patient

Richard Pearson
Mr. Tupper

Patrick Macnee
Young Jacob Marley

Clifford Mollison
Samuel Wilkins

Moiya Kelly
Martha Cratchit (uncredited)

Tony Wager
Fezziwig's Lad (uncredited)

Teresa Derrington
Fred's Maid

Vi Kaley
Old Lady Sitting by Stove At The Charity Hospital

Lualle Kemp
Mary Cratchit

Catherine Leach
Belinda Cratchit

Derek Stephens
Dancer at Fezziwig's

Tony Wager
Fezziwig's Lad

Ian Wilson
Blind Man