United Kingdom / Oct 31, 1951 / U
Charles Dickens' Joyous Holliday Classic!
1h 26min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Rona Anderson | Alice |
| Jack Warner | Jorkins |
| Michael Dolan | Spirit of Christmas Past |
| Francis de Wolff | Spirit of Christmas Present |
| Carol Marsh | Fan Scrooge |
| Hermione Baddeley | Mrs. Cratchit |
| John Charlesworth | Peter Cratchit |
| Miles Malleson | Old Joe |
| Ernest Thesiger | The Undertaker |
| Olga Edwardes | Fred's Wife |
| Roddy Hughes | Fezziwig |
| Hattie Jacques | Mrs. Fezziwig |
| Eleanor Summerfield | Miss Flora |
| Louise Hampton | Laundress |
| Czeslaw Konarski | Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come |
| Eliot Makeham | Mr. Snedrig |
| Peter Bull | First Businessman / Narrator |
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| Douglas Muir | Second Businessman |
| Noel Howlett | First Collector |
| Fred Johnson | Second Collector |
| Henry Hewitt | Mr. Rosehed |
| Hugh Dempster | Mr. Groper |
| David Hannaford | Boy Sent to Buy Turkey |
| Maire O'Neill | Alice's Patient |
| Richard Pearson | Mr. Tupper |
| Patrick Macnee | Young Jacob Marley |
| Clifford Mollison | Samuel Wilkins |
| Moiya Kelly | Martha Cratchit (uncredited) |
| Tony Wager | Fezziwig's Lad (uncredited) |
| Teresa Derrington | Fred's Maid |
| Vi Kaley | Old Lady Sitting by Stove At The Charity Hospital |
| Lualle Kemp | Mary Cratchit |
| Catherine Leach | Belinda Cratchit |
| Derek Stephens | Dancer at Fezziwig's |
| Tony Wager | Fezziwig's Lad |
| Ian Wilson | Blind Man |
Genres
FantasyDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Scrooge |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | George Minter Productions |
| Release date | 30 novembre 1951 |
| Production | Brian Desmond Hurst, Stanley Haynes |
| Writer | Noel Langley, Charles Dickens |
| Casting | Maude Spector |
| Editing | Clive Donner, Anne Barker, Stan Hawkes, Michael Johns, Charles Squires |
| Cinematography | C.M. Pennington-Richards, Cecil Cooney, Richard Cantouris, Gerry Turpin |
| Assistant directors | Denis O'Dell, Tony Harris, Buddy Booth, Brian Desmond Hurst |
| Camera operators | Cecil Cooney, C.M. Pennington-Richards, Richard Cantouris, Gerry Turpin |
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| Additional photography | C.M. Pennington-Richards, Cecil Cooney, Richard Cantouris, Gerry Turpin |
| Production design | Freda Pearson, Ralph W. Brinton |
| Art direction | Ralph W. Brinton, Freda Pearson |
| Set decoration | Freda Pearson, Ralph W. Brinton |
| Music | Richard Addinsell, Fred Ryan, W. H. Lindop, Muir Mathieson |
| Sound | Richard Addinsell, Fred Ryan, W. H. Lindop, Muir Mathieson |
| Costume design | Phyllis Dalton, Doris Lee, Constance Da Finna, Eric Carter, Betty Lee, Aldo Manganaro, June Robinson |
| Makeup | Eric Carter, Phyllis Dalton, Doris Lee, Betty Lee, Aldo Manganaro, June Robinson, Constance Da Finna |
| Hairstyling | Phyllis Dalton, Eric Carter, Doris Lee, Betty Lee, Aldo Manganaro, June Robinson, Constance Da Finna |
Release dates
Premiere
United States / Nov 28, 1951 / NR / TV rating: TV-G
Theatrical release
United Kingdom / Nov 30, 1951 / U
Australia / Dec 14, 1951
Portugal / Jan 05, 1956
Physical media
Russia / Aug 05, 2001 / 12+ / DVD
Netherlands / Nov 12, 2008 / 6 / DVD
TV
Germany / Dec 24, 1966 / 6
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