UK, 21 December 1955
45m
black and white
mono, English
A British fantasy television special produced by Douglas Hurn.
Plot Summary
Miserly London businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead business partner Marley, who warns him that three more ghosts will appear during the night trying to show Scrooge the error of his ways. As the night wears on, he’s visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. But will even they be enough to soften old Scrooge’s heart?
Credits
Crew
Associated Rediffusion
Producer: Douglas Hurn
Writer: Donald Cotton
Based on the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Music: Brian Burke
Musical Director: Steve Race
Cast
Hugh Griffith (Ebenezer Scrooge)
John Gower (night watchman)
Michael O’Halloran (Topper)
Norman Tyrell (Bob Cratchit)
Peter Reeves (Fred)
Edmund Willard (Marley’s ghost)
Martin Lawrence (Ghost of Christmas Past)
George Murcell (Fezziwig)
Peter Reeves (young Scrooge)
Eira Heath (Belle)
Irene Byatt (Mrs Cratchit)
Barry Husband (Tiny Tim)
Madi Head (Mrs Fred)
Links
Remake
The Merry Christmas (1958)
References
Books
A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens’s Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida p.183 – credits
