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An American Christmas Carol(1979)
Status: Released
Date: 1979-12-16
62%
38 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
Charles Dicken's Victorian London becomes America's great Depression in this exciting new film
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada,
United States of America
Budget: $2,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Edgar J. Scherick Associates
Jon Slan Productions
Smith-Hemion Productions
Movie: An American Christmas Carol
Top 10 Billed Cast
Henry Winkler
Benedict Slade
David Wayne
Merrivale
Chris Wiggins
Nathaniel Brewster
R.H. Thomson
Thatcher
Ken Pogue
Jack Latham
Gerard Parkes
Jessup
Susan Hogan
Helen Brewster
Dorian Harewood
Matt Reeves
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