A Christmas Carol (1938)
"Greater than "David Copperfield"!"

Title: A Christmas Carol
Original Title: A Christmas Carol
Release Date: 1938-12-16
Status: Released
Rating: 7/10 (from 142 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Family
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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.
Cast

Reginald Owen
Ebenezer Scrooge

Gene Lockhart
Bob Cratchit

Terry Kilburn
'Tiny Tim' Cratchit

Barry MacKay
Scrooge's Nephew Fred

Lynne Carver
Fred's Fiancee Bess

Leo G. Carroll
Marley's Ghost

Ann Rutherford
Spirit of Christmas Past

Lionel Braham
Spirit of Christmas Present

Ronald Sinclair
Young Ebenezer

Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Cratchit