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Scrooge

Name: Scrooge
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1951-11-30
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 7.44

★ 7,4 /10 (374 Votes)

1951 EN 86 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

30/11/1951

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374

Popularity

2.9

Charles Dickens' Joyous Holliday Classic!

Genres

Fantasy Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

86 min

Alastair Sim

Ebenezer Scrooge

Mervyn Johns

Bob Cratchit

Glyn Dearman

Tiny Tim Cratchit

George Cole

Young Ebenezer Scrooge

Brian Worth

Fred Scrooge

Michael Hordern

Jacob Marley

Kathleen Harrison

Mrs. Dilber

Rona Anderson

Alice

Jack Warner

Jorkins

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Michael Dolan

Spirit of Christmas Past

Francis de Wolff

Spirit of Christmas Present

Carol Marsh

Fan Scrooge

Hermione Baddeley

Mrs. Cratchit

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John Charlesworth

Peter Cratchit

Miles Malleson

Old Joe

Ernest Thesiger

The Undertaker

Olga Edwardes

Fred's Wife

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Roddy Hughes

Fezziwig

Hattie Jacques

Mrs. Fezziwig

Eleanor Summerfield

Miss Flora

Louise Hampton

Laundress

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Czeslaw Konarski

Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come

Eliot Makeham

Mr. Snedrig

Peter Bull

First Businessman / Narrator

Douglas Muir

Second Businessman

Noel Howlett

First Collector

Fred Johnson

Second Collector

Henry Hewitt

Mr. Rosehed

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Hugh Dempster

Mr. Groper

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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

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Moiya Kelly

Martha Cratchit (uncredited)

Tony Wager

Fezziwig's Lad (uncredited)

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Teresa Derrington

Fred's Maid

Vi Kaley

Old Lady Sitting by Stove At The Charity Hospital

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Lualle Kemp

Mary Cratchit

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Catherine Leach

Belinda Cratchit

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Derek Stephens

Dancer at Fezziwig's

Tony Wager

Fezziwig's Lad

Ian Wilson

Blind Man

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My first time watching this adaptation of Charles Dickens' work - thoroughly enjoyed it! I've previously only watched the Disney animated film and the 2019 television miniseries with Guy Pearce. I also like both of those, they each have things that are inferior and superior to this 1951 film. Alastair Sim is the best Ebenezer Scrooge of the three, I loved watching him from start-to-finish. Sim's facial expressions are terrific throughout, while his happiness later on is infectious. A top performance! None of the others massively standout, unlike the aforementioned productions, but Geo…

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I read a review by a critic which stated this is the best adaptation of the oh so familiar story of Charles Dickens’ Scrooge. Not because of advanced production value or cutting edge special effects. In fact, this movie is definitely low tech, being from 1952 as it is. But now I agree with that assessment. There are three elements that in my mind elevate this production to the top of the pile. The first is the setting and the mood of the film. This felt like Dickensian London to me, the rough streets and dense atmosphere through the fog and just the look of the people. The story was al…

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Alastair Sim is in his element here as the curmudgeonly miser who routinely spends his Christmas alone counting his fortune. Luckily for him, "Scrooge" receives a visit from his late but not so lamented partner "Marley" (Michael Hordern) who warns him that he is to receive three visitors this cold and snowy Christmas morning. These ghosts are to show him was has happened, is happening and might well happen if he doesn't mend his venal and selfish ways. Meantime, in a hovel nearby his clerk "Bob" (Mervyn Johns) is celebrating with his wife and five children - including the enthusiastic but poor…

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