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Cast
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| Henry Winkler | ... | Benedict Slade | |
| David Wayne | ... | Merrivale | |
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Chris Wiggins | ... | Mr. Nathaniel Brewster |
| R.H. Thomson | ... | Thatcher | |
| Ken Pogue | ... | Jack Latham (as Kenneth Pogue) | |
| Gerard Parkes | ... | Jessup | |
| Susan Hogan | ... | Helen Brewster | |
| Will Bermender | ... | Orphan (as William Bermender) | |
| Dorian Harewood | ... | Matt Reeves | |
| Tammy Bourne | ... | Sarah Thatcher | |
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Brett Matthew Davidson | ... | Orphan |
| Christopher Crabb | ... | Tim | |
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Chris Cragg | ... | Jonathan Thatcher |
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James B. Douglas | ... | Sam Perkins |
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Arlene Duncan | ... | Jennie Reeves |
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In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man. Written by Kevin McCorry <mmccorry@nb.sympatico.ca>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 December 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$2,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Ghost of Christmas Future: No one visits that grave.
Benedict Slade: Not ever?
Ghost of Christmas Future: Not ever.
Benedict Slade: To lie in a grave, un-loved and un-remembered, is as if the life was never lived.
Ghost of Christmas Future: That is the only... real death.
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When the lights go out in the warehouse, Slade switches the circuit breaker several times and leaves in the off position. When power is restored later, the lights come back on even with the switch in the off position. See more »Quotes
Benedict Slade: [seeing an overgrown gravesite] Wait, wait. There is something about this place. Something draws me right to it. The monument looks fairly new, and yet, neglected.Ghost of Christmas Future: No one visits that grave.
Benedict Slade: Not ever?
Ghost of Christmas Future: Not ever.
Benedict Slade: To lie in a grave, un-loved and un-remembered, is as if the life was never lived.
Ghost of Christmas Future: That is the only... real death.
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