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An American Christmas Carol (1979)

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

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.

Release: 1979-12-16
Runtime: 98 min
Rating: 6.2 / 10
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
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Will Bermender
Orphan
Dorian Harewood
Dorian Harewood
Matt Reeves
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Tammy Bourne
Sarah Thatcher
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Brett Matthew Davidson
Orphan
Christopher Crabb
Christopher Crabb
Tim
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Chris Cragg
Jonathan Thatcher
James B. Douglas
James B. Douglas
Sam Perkins
Arlene Duncan
Arlene Duncan
Jennie Reeves
Linda Goranson
Linda Goranson
Doris Thatcher
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Derrick Jones
Harry Barnes
Cec Linder
Cec Linder
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