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| Alastair Sim | ... | Ebenezer Scrooge | |
| Kathleen Harrison | ... | Mrs. Dilber | |
| Mervyn Johns | ... | Bob Cratchit | |
| Hermione Baddeley | ... | Mrs. Cratchit | |
| Michael Hordern | ... | Jacob Marley | |
| George Cole | ... | Young Ebenezer Scrooge | |
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John Charlesworth | ... | Peter Cratchit |
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Francis De Wolff | ... | Spirit of Christmas Present (as Francis de Wolff) |
| Rona Anderson | ... | Alice | |
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Carol Marsh | ... | Fan Scrooge |
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Brian Worth | ... | Fred |
| Miles Malleson | ... | Old Joe | |
| Ernest Thesiger | ... | The Undertaker | |
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Glyn Dearman | ... | Tiny Tim |
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Michael Dolan | ... | Spirit of Christmas Past |
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Stingy businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is known as the meanest miser in Victorian 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 from being visited by the ghost of his business partner, Jacob Marley. 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 Marley. Written by alfiehitchie
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Jacob Marley: Ask me who I was.
Ebenezer: All right, all right, who WERE you then?
Jacob Marley: In life, I was your partner, Jacob Marley.
Ebenezer: Well, in that case, CAN you sit down?
Jacob Marley: I can.
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(Pub. 1744) (uncredited)
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Played when Scrooge meets the Spirit of Christmas Present
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Both George Cole (young Scrooge) and the Patrick Macnee (young Marley) died in 2015, 64 years after the film's release. See more »Goofs
A group of coal miners perform "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" in the 1840s. The particular version they're singing wasn't arranged until 1855, when musician William H. Cummings synchronised John Wesley's 1739 verse to the tune of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's 1840 Gutenberg Cantata. See more »Quotes
Ebenezer: Who are you?Jacob Marley: Ask me who I was.
Ebenezer: All right, all right, who WERE you then?
Jacob Marley: In life, I was your partner, Jacob Marley.
Ebenezer: Well, in that case, CAN you sit down?
Jacob Marley: I can.
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Oranges and Lemons(Pub. 1744) (uncredited)
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I have not seen Albert Finney's nor George C. Scott's portrayal of Scrooge, so I cannot say definitively that Alastair Sim 'owns' this role, but I sure have trouble imagining anyone topping him; he is superb, the nitpicking comments of TinMan-5 notwithstanding. This version will always have a special place in my affections, and I am glad to see I'm not alone in holding this opinion.