A Christmas Carol (1951)

A Christmas Carol (U.S. title) or Scrooge is a 1951 British film adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic novel A Christmas Carol. It was directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. The screenplay was written by Noel Langley. It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge.
==Plot==
An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption on Christmas Eve when he is haunted by three ghosts. The spirits remind him of the past that has led him to be the cold-hearted man he is, show him the effect his harshness is having on others in the present, and reveal his possible future if he does not change his ways.
==Cast==
*Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge
*Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber
*Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit
*Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit
*Michael Hordern as Jacob Marley/Marley's Ghost
*George Cole as Young Ebenezer Scrooge
*John Charlesworth as Peter Cratchit
*Michael Dolan as The Ghost of Christmas Past
*Francis de Wolff as The Ghost of Christmas Present
*C. Konarski as Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
*Rona Anderson as Alice (Belle)
*Carol Marsh as Fan
*Brian Worth as Fred
*Miles Malleson as Old Joe
*Ernest Thesiger as the Undertaker
*Glyn Dearman as Tiny Tim
*Roddy Hughes as Fezziwig
*Hattie Jacques as Mrs. Fezziwig
*Louise Hampton as Laundress
*Eliot Makeham as Mr. Snedrig
*Hugh Dempster as Mr. Groper
*Richard Pearson as Mr. Tupper
*Jack Warner as Mr. Jorkin
*Patrick Macnee as the young Jacob Marley
*Douglas Muir as Businessman
*Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins
*Theresa Derrington as Fred's Maid
==Trivia==
*Though it is a quintessential Christmas film, it was actually released on Halloween in 1951.
Category:Christmas films
Category:Films based on Charles Dickens' books
Category:Films based on novels
Category:1951 films
Category:British films
Category:Films based on A Christmas Carol
Category:Drama