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Released
1977 · FILM

A Christmas Carol

Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

Directed by
Runtime
58 min
FamilyDramaTV Movie
Streaming on
  • BritBox

Synopsis

On Christmas Eve, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by spirits who show him the bleakness of his life, the chances he squandered in his youth, the harshness of his present behavior, and the grim future awaiting him if he does not change. Confronted with the story of his growing bitterness and greed, Scrooge must choose between continuing on his current path toward death or embracing the possibility of redemption.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Scored by Herbert ChappellDesigned by Barry Newbery

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