An American Christmas Carol
“Charles Dicken's Victorian London becomes America's great Depression in this exciting new film”
1979•NR•1h 38m•6.2•Released
DramaFamilyTV MovieFantasy
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.
Director
Eric Till
Budget
$2M
Languages
English
Studio
Edgar J. Scherick Associates
Cast
Henry Winkler
Benedict Slade
David Wayne
Merrivale
Chris Wiggins
Nathaniel Brewster
R.H. Thomson
Thatcher
Ken Pogue
Jack Latham
Gerard Parkes
Jessup
Susan Hogan
Helen Brewster
Will Bermender
Orphan
Dorian Harewood
Matt Reeves
Tammy Bourne
Sarah Thatcher
Brett Matthew Davidson
Orphan
Christopher Crabb
Tim
Chris Cragg
Jonathan Thatcher
James B. Douglas
Sam Perkins
Arlene Duncan
Jennie Reeves
Production
Company
Edgar J. Scherick Associates
Company
Jon Slan Productions
Company
Smith-Hemion Productions
Producer
Jon Slan
Producer
Stanley Chase
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