A Christmas Carol Movie Review 1951

A fine retelling of the classic tale about a penny-pinching holiday hater who learns appreciation of Christmas following a frightful, revealing evening with supernatural visitors. Perhaps the best rendering of the Dickens classic. "And God bless Tiny Tim!"

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 86 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Christmas, Death & the Afterlife, Books to Film: Charles Dickens, Scrooge, Period Piece: 19th Century, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Noel Langley

Cast

Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Jack Warner, Michael Hordern, Patrick Macnee, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Clifford Mollison, George Cole, Carol Marsh, Miles Malleson, Ernest Thesiger, Hattie Jacques, Peter Bull, Hugh Dempster

Cinematography

C.M. Pennington-Richards

Director

Brian Desmond Hurst

Music

Richard Addinsell

Producer

United Artists, Renown Pictures