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Released
1979 · FILM

An American Christmas Carol

Charles Dicken's Victorian London becomes America's great Depression in this exciting new film

Directed by
Runtime
98 min
DramaFamilyTV MovieFantasy
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

In Depression-era New England, a stingy businessman named Benedict Slade undergoes a change of heart on Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures resembling individuals from whom he had taken possessions to collect on unpaid debts. Taking on roles similar to the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic tale, the apparitions compel Slade to confront the repercussions of his greedy behavior, ultimately transforming him into a kinder, more generous, and amiable person.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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

Edited by Ron WismanShot by Richard CiupkaScored by Hagood HardyDesigned by Jack Mcadam

Box Office

1979 · Box office

Produced on a $2.0M budget

Production budget

$2.0M

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