A Christmas Carol(1951)Scrooge(original title).Stingy old Ebenezer Scrooge is known as the meanest man in London. He overworks and underpays his humble clerk, Bob Cratchit, whose little son, Tiny Tim, is crippled and may soon die. He also has nothing to do with his nephew, Fred, because his birth cost the life of his beloved sister. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge has a haunting nightmare. He is visited by three ghosts and is given one last chance to change his ways and save himself from the grim fate that befell his business partner, Jacob Marley. Written byalfiehitchie... Synopsis A Christmas Carol(1951)Scrooge(original title)
Movie Title: A Christmas Carol(1951)Scrooge(original title)
Run Time: 86 min
Rating: 7.9 / 10
Genres: Drama |Fantasy
Release Date: 2 December 1951 (USA)
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Writer: Charles Dickens (adapted from "A Christmas Carol"),Noel Langley (adaptation)... and other credits
Actor: Alastair Sim,Jack Warner,Kathleen Harrison
Some of the "Cockney" phrases and snippets of dialog were a wee bit hard to keep up with (like a foreign language), and some of the actual Dickens' novel is not in this version (but is in the 1938 movie), but all in all this is the best version. Alastair Sim should have won an Oscar for best actor.
