Scrooge 1970

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Scrooge ★★½ 1970 (G)

Well done musical version of Charles Dickens' classic “A Christmas Carol,” about a miserly old man who is faced with ghosts on Christmas Eve. Finney is memorable in the title role. ♫The Beautiful Day; Happiness; Thank You Very Much; A Christmas Carol; Christmas Children; I Hate People; Farver Chris'mas; See the Phantoms; December the 25th. 86m/C VHS, DVD . GB Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More; D: Ronald Neame; W: Leslie Bricusse; C: Oswald Morris; M: Leslie Bricusse. Golden Globes '71: Actor—Mus./Comedy (Finney).