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An American Christmas Carol (1979)

Poster for An American Christmas Carol

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Eric Till
  • Profile picture of Henry Winkler
    Benedict Slade Henry Winkler
  • Profile picture of David Wayne
    Merrivale David Wayne
  • Profile picture of Chris Wiggins
    Nathaniel Brewster Chris Wiggins
  • Profile picture of R.H. Thomson
    Thatcher R.H. Thomson
  • Profile picture of Ken Pogue
    Jack Latham Ken Pogue
  • Profile picture of Gerard Parkes
    Jessup Gerard Parkes
  • Profile picture of Susan Hogan
    Helen Brewster Susan Hogan
  • Profile picture of Dorian Harewood
    Matt Reeves Dorian Harewood

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Keywords

  • holiday
  • great depression
  • new england
  • ghost
  • christmas