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An American Christmas Carol

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.

1979 |1h 38m |  Drama, Family, TV Movie, Fantasy

Cast

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Henry Winkler

Benedict Slade

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David Wayne

Merrivale

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Chris Wiggins

Nathaniel Brewster

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R.H. Thomson

Thatcher

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Ken Pogue

Jack Latham

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Gerard Parkes

Jessup

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Susan Hogan

Helen Brewster

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Dorian Harewood

Matt Reeves

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Christopher Crabb

Tim

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James B. Douglas

Sam Perkins

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Arlene Duncan

Jennie Reeves

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Linda Goranson

Doris Thatcher

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Cec Linder

Auctioneer

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Ruth Springford

Mrs. Tidings

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Michael Wincott

Choir Leader

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

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