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62% Critic Match
An American Christmas Carol
“Charles Dicken's Victorian London becomes America's great Depression in this exciting new film”
6.2 / 10• 1979• 1h 38m•NR• English
DramaFamilyTV MovieFantasy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Henry Winkler
Benedict Slade
Lead
David Wayne
Merrivale
Chris Wiggins
Nathaniel Brewster
R.H. Thomson
Thatcher
Ken Pogue
Jack Latham
Gerard Parkes
Jessup
Susan Hogan
Helen Brewster
WB
Will Bermender
Orphan
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Eric Till's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. An American Christmas Carol is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
