| Scrooge | |
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| Directed by | Brian Desmond Hurst |
| Screenplay by | Noel Langley |
| Based on | A Christmas Carol 1843 novella by Charles Dickens |
| Produced by | Brian Desmond Hurst Stanley Haynes |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Peter Bull |
| Cinematography | C. M. Pennington-Richards |
| Edited by | Clive Donner |
| Music by | Richard Addinsell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Renown Pictures (UK) United Artists (US) |
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Running time | 87 minutes[2] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. It also features Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Mervyn Johns, Clifford Mollison, Jack Warner, Ernest Thesiger and Patrick Macnee. Michael Hordern plays Marley's ghost and the older Jacob Marley. Peter Bull narrates portions of Charles Dickens' words at the beginning and end of the film, and appears on-screen as a businessman.
Initial reaction to the film was mixed, but over time became mostly positive, with general praise for the performances, particularly Sim's portrayal of Scrooge.
- ^ "Of Local Origin". The New York Times. 23 October 1951. p. 35.
- ^ "Scrooge (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 24 September 1951. Retrieved 6 December 2016.