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A Christmas Carol (1984)

Film · 1984 · 101 min · PG · Drama · Fantasy · TV Movie

A new powerful presentation of the most loved ghost story of all time!

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Directed by Clive Donner

Starring George C. Scott, Roger Rees, David Warner, Susannah York, Edward Woodward, Angela Pleasence, Michael Carter, Anthony Walters

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First release anywhere9 October 1984

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