Scrooge (also known as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843). With a screenplay by Noel Langley and production and direction by Brian Desmond Hurst, it stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge.
The film's initial reception was mixed, but it eventually turned mainly good, with overall praise going to the cast's performances, particularly Sim's portrayal of Scrooge.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 
|
Ebenezer Scrooge
|
Alastair Sim | |
| George Cole (young) | |||
|
Mrs. Dilber
|
Kathleen Harrison | |
|
Bob Cratchit
|
Mervyn Johns | |
|
Mrs. Cratchit
|
Hermione Baddeley | |
 
|
Jacob Marley
|
Michael Hordern | |
| Patrick Macnee (young) | |||
|
Peter Cratchit
|
John Charlesworth | |
|
Spirit of Christmas Present
|
Francis De Wolff | |
|
Alice
|
Rona Anderson | |
|
Fan Scrooge
|
Carol Marsh | |
|
Fred
|
Brian Worth | |
|
Old Joe
|
Miles Malleson | |
|
The Undertaker
|
Ernest Thesiger | |
|
Tiny Tim
|
Glyn Dearman | |
|
Spirit of Christmas Past
|
Michael Dolan | |
|
Fred's Wife
|
Olga Edwardes | |
|
Fezziwig
|
Roddy Hughes | |
|
Miss Flora
|
Eleanor Summerfield | |
|
Laundress
|
Louise Hampton | |
|
Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come
|
Czeslaw Konarski | |
|
Mr. Snedrig
|
Eliot Makeham | |
|
First Businessman
|
Peter Bull | |
|
Second Businessman
|
Douglas Muir | |
|
First Collector
|
Noel Howlett | |
|
Second Collector
|
Fred Johnson | |
|
Mr. Rosebed
|
Henry Hewitt | |
|
Mr. Groper
|
Hugh Dempster | |
|
Boy
|
David Hannaford | |
|
Alice's Patient
|
Maire O'Neill | |
|
Mr. Tupper
|
Richard Pearson | |
|
Samuel Wilkins
|
Clifford Mollison | |
|
Mr. Jorkin
|
Jack Warner | |
Narrator
|
Peter Bull | ||
International versions[]
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
|
Russian | Рождественская песнь |