AMERICAN CHRISTMAS CAROL, AN

Details

• Release Year: 1979
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy
• Plot: In this retelling of Charles Dicken's beloved A Christmas Carol, Henry Winkler ('Happy Days') is Benedict Slade, a heartless finance company president, in Depression era New England. He ruins the Christmas hopes of his debtors by mercilessly repossessing their most prized goods and then fires his faithful assitant, Thatcher, on Christmas Eve.; Alone in his apartment, the selfish Slade is visited by three ghosts - Christmas Past, Present and Future - who take home on a late-night journey and reveal the bitter truths of his life to teach him the true meaning of Christmas.; This wonderful adventure of a 20th-century Scrooge is a moving and heartfelt adaptation that brings new life to a holiday classic.
• Cast: Henry Winkler, Dorian Harewood, Susan Hogan, Cec Linder, R.H. Thomson, David Wayne, Michael Wincott, William Bermender, Brett Matthew Davidson, Tammy Bourne, Chris Cragg, James B. Douglas, Arlene Duncan, Linda Goranson, Gerard Parkes, Mary Pirie, Ken Pogue, Chris Wiggins, Will Bermender, Alexander Galant, Frank Gibbs, William Ballantyne, Eric Till, Charles Dickens, Jerome Coopersmith, Stanley Chase, Jon Slan, Richard Ciupka, Ron Wisman, Hagood Hardy
• Director: Eric Till
• Runtime: 1:38
• Company: Image Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie