Underplayed Gems

Scrooge (1951)

Scrooge poster
Directed by
Brian Desmond Hurst
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, period drama film, children's film, Christmas film, ghost film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 370 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A miserly old man is visited by the ghost of his former partner and three spirits on Christmas Eve. They show him visions of his past, present, and future to change his cold heart.

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What happens

Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. It also features Michael Hordern, Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Mervyn Johns, Clifford Mollison, Jack Warner, Ernest Thesiger, and Patrick Macnee. Peter Bull narrates portions of Charles Dickens's words at the beginning and end of the film, and appears on-screen as a businessman. Upon its initial release, the movie was largely ignored by critics, and reactions were varied. Nevertheless, the movie attracted a cult following on television, and subsequent reviews have been significantly more positive, with many critics considering it one of the best adaptions of the novel, with general praise for the performances, particularly Sim's portrayal of Scrooge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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