Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns

An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst

Release Date: November 28, 1951

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DVD Release Date: November 3, 1998

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  • December 26, 2007
    A Christmas tradition. We watch this every year.
  • August 10, 2007
    dickens is a brilliant writer. alastair sim is a brilliant actor. Put the two together and you get a brilliant heart-warming yet sad film. probably the most iconic and well known story from any author this conversion to film does it justice, wheras other film versions don't seem ...( read more)to get quite as good
  • August 1, 2007
    They have done so many these days now though, nice old tale this one although i admit i like the one with patrick stewart in.An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve.
  • February 23, 2007
    A Christmas classic!
  • March 23, 2006
    This one and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE are the holiday season for me. Alastair Sim's a fascinating actor.
  • November 23, 2009
    This is the best version played by an amazing actor. I love the scrooge character!
  • November 23, 2009
    One of my fav Christmas movies that I watch anytime of the year.
  • September 1, 2009
    I love this version.
  • August 26, 2009
    Love all Dickens' work, even when made into movies.
  • August 20, 2009
    This is totally old school. I saw this at my grandparent's house when I was six. I still remember this. A good classic.

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  • iminslytherin1
    March 29, 2007
    I love A Christmas Carol, I want to be in the play so bad!

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