It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Drama · Family
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Film / 1938
A Christmas Carol
Directed by
Edwin L. Marin
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
The story
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Cast
Reginald OwenEbenezer Scrooge
Gene LockhartBob Cratchit
Terry Kilburn'Tiny Tim' Cratchit
Barry MacKayScrooge's Nephew Fred
Lynne CarverFred's Fiancee Bess
Leo G. CarrollMarley's Ghost
Ann RutherfordSpirit of Christmas Past
Lionel BrahamSpirit of Christmas Present
Ronald SinclairYoung Ebenezer
Kathleen LockhartMrs. Cratchit
Bunny BeattyMartha Cratchit
Charles PeckPeter Cratchit
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June LockhartBelinda Cratchit (uncredited)
Charles ColemanCharity Solicitor Brummage
Matthew BoultonCharity Solicitor Twill
Forrester HarveyOld Fezziwig
John O'DayDick Wilkins
Billy BevanStreet Watch Leader
William Ripley DorrSingers of 'Adeste Fideles' (uncredited)
D'Arcy CorriganSpirit of Christmas Future
Harry CordingWaiter (uncredited)
Lumsden HareMan Discussing Scrooge's Funeral (uncredited)
Halliwell HobbesClergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Olaf HyttenSchoolmaster (uncredited)
I. Stanford JolleyMan on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Colin Kenny(uncredited)
Crauford KentScrooge's Tall Business Associate (uncredited)
Delmar WatsonSnowballer in Gang (uncredited)
Herbert Evans(uncredited)
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