An American Christmas Carol
An American Christmas Carol

An American Christmas Carol

Charles Dicken's Victorian London becomes America's great Depression in this exciting new film

6.1(37 votes)
1979
1h 38m
Drama
Family
TV Movie
Fantasy

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.

Production

Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Jon Slan Productions, Smith-Hemion Productions

Cast

Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler

Benedict Slade

David Wayne

David Wayne

Merrivale

Chris Wiggins

Chris Wiggins

Nathaniel Brewster

R.H. Thomson

R.H. Thomson

Thatcher

Ken Pogue

Ken Pogue

Jack Latham

Gerard Parkes

Gerard Parkes

Jessup

Susan Hogan

Susan Hogan

Helen Brewster

Will Bermender

Will Bermender

Orphan

Dorian Harewood

Dorian Harewood

Matt Reeves

Tammy Bourne

Tammy Bourne

Sarah Thatcher

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