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Scrooge

Scrooge

Fantasy · Drama · 1951

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.

Movie details

Scrooge

“Charles Dickens' Joyous Holliday Classic!”

1951 Fantasy · Drama 1h 26m

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TMDB

7.4 / 10

Community rating

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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The people responsible.

Directed by

Brian Desmond Hurst

Written by

Noel Langley

Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim

Ebenezer Scrooge

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

Bob Cratchit

Glyn Dearman

Glyn Dearman

Tiny Tim Cratchit

George Cole

George Cole

Young Ebenezer Scrooge

Brian Worth

Brian Worth

Fred Scrooge

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Jacob Marley

Kathleen Harrison

Kathleen Harrison

Mrs. Dilber

Court is in session

Put Scrooge on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.