A Christmas Carol (1959)

A Christmas Carol (1959)

Release Date: 1959, December 27
Directors: Ross Mackenzie
Production: The Dickensian Society - London, Coronet Films
Cast: Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, Toke Townley, Walter Hudd, Alexander Gauge

Overview:

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. Originally aired as part of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens.