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Cast:Alastair Sim
1900 to 1976
Scottish character actor
Playing:  Scrooge 5 times
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A Christmas Carol (1951)
Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the errors of his ways. /// Stubbornly refusing to believe in Christmas and to be separated from his inexhaustible wealth, the Victorian money lender and parsimonious recluse, Ebenezer Scrooge, can't be bothered with the destitute during the most festive time of the year. / Dickens' ghostly tale on Christmas, starring Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge. / Scrooge in the UK; Re-titled A Christmas Carol in the U.S., starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge, Michael Hordern and Mervyn Johns and Hermione Baddeley as the Cratchits.[36] According to critic A. O. Scott of The New York Times, this film is the best one ever made of the Dickens classic.
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1951
12/02/1951
TV-PG
Film
86 minutes
A
Genre:
Drama
Family
Fantasy
Director(s):
Brian Desmond Hurst
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Cast:

Alastair Sim / Ebenezer Scrooge
Kathleen Harrison / Mrs. Dilber
Mervyn Johns / Bob Cratchit
Hermione Baddeley / Mrs. Cratchit
Michael Hordern / Jacob Marley
George Cole / Young Ebenezer Scrooge
John Charlesworth / Peter Cratchit
Francis De Wolff / Spirit of Christmas Present
Rona Anderson / Alice
Carol Marsh / Fan Scrooge



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A Christmas Carol (1971)
An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve. /// Oscar-winning animated adaptation, with Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern recreating their roles as Scrooge and Marley's Ghost, narrated by Michael Redgrave; produced by Chuck Jones. This film was also released theatrically. Only Oscar winning adaptation
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1971
12/21/1971
Approved
TV Short Animated
28 minutes
A
Genre:
Drama
Family
Fantasy
Director(s):
Richard Williams
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Cast:

Michael Redgrave / Narrator (voice)
Alastair Sim / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Melvyn Hayes / Bob Cratchit (voice)
Michael Hordern / Jacob Marley (voice)
Diana Quick / Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Felix Felton / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Felix Felton / Business Man #1 / Business Man #2 (voice)
David Tate / Fred (voice)
David Tate / Young Scrooge (voice)
Paul Whitsun-Jones / Fezziwig (voice)



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Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1989)
Actor Patrick Macnee presents and comments a TV screening of the colorized version of the movie A Christmas Carol (1951)
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1989
12/25/9999
Approved
TV Movie
A
Genre:
Drama
Family
Fantasy
Director(s):
David McKenzie
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Cast:

Patrick Macnee / Self - Host
Hermione Baddeley / Mrs. Cratchit (archive footage)
Kathleen Harrison / Mrs. Dilber (archive footage)
Mervyn Johns / Bob Cratchit (archive footage)
Alastair Sim / Ebenezer Scrooge (archive footage)
Jack Warner / Mr. Jorkin (archive footage)
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol  (1989)



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The X-Files (1993–2018) 
How the Ghosts Stole Christmas (1998)      S6.E6
On Christmas Eve, Mulder and Scully find themselves trapped in a haunted house with two ghosts who are determined to prove just how lonely the holiday can be.
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1998
12/13/1998
TV-14
TV Series Episode
44 minutes
A
Genre:
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Director(s):
Chris Carter
Writer(s):
Chris Carter
Christmas Elements:

00:00:00 Bing Crosby Christmas song
00:08:55 essence of Christmas
00:10:58 murders, all on Christmas Eve
00:20:15 spend every Christmas this way
00:23:50 Christmas Eve
Cast:

David Duchovny / Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson / Dana Scully
Lily Tomlin / Lydia
Ed Asner / Maurice
Peter Bull / Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
Alastair Sim / Ebenezer Scrooge (archive footage)
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A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
TCM looks back at the history of Christmas movies from classics like "Scrooge," "It's a Wonderful Life," "Miracle on 34th Street," and "White Christmas" to contemporary films like "Home Alone."
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2011
12/06/2011
Approved
TV Movie
58 minutes
TCM
A
Genre:
Documentary
Director(s):
Laurent Bouzereau
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Cast:

Julie Salamon / Self - Interviewee
Michael Patrick Hearn / Self - author
Seymour Hicks / Ebenezer Scrooge (archive footage)
Joe Dante / Self - Interviewee
Chevy Chase / Self - Interviewee
Brian Henson / Self - Interviewee
Michael Caine / Ebeneezer Scrooge (archive footage)
Chazz Palminteri / Self - Interviewee
James Stewart / George Bailey (archive footage)
Alonso Duralde / Self - Interviewee



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Dulcimer Street (1948)
Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, Percy becomes mixed up with gangsters and a murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
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1948
11/07/1948
Not Rated
Film
110 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Director(s):
Sidney Gilliat
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Cast:

Wylie Watson / Mr. Josser
Fay Compton / Mrs. Josser
Susan Shaw / Doris Josser
Stephen Murray / Uncle Henry
Richard Attenborough / Percy Boon
Gladys Henson / Mrs. Boon
Ivy St. Helier / Connie Coke
Joyce Carey / Mrs. Vizzard
Alastair Sim / Mr. Squales
Andrew Crawford / Bill



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