
“What the Dickens have they done to Scrooge?”
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
Release Date: 11/5/1970
Runtime: 114 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Ronald Neame
Budget: $5.0M
Revenue: $6.0M
Companies: Cinema Center Films, Waterbury Films
Countries: United Kingdom
Peter89Spencer
Very catchy songs. Albert Finney was brilliant as the titular character. One of those Christmas films I'd watch while eating Twiglets (and drink Coca Cola)!
T D Heath
A Classic adaptation of **'A Christmas Carol'** staying with and detering from tradition in wonderful balance. Basic cinematography ecourages story but this is clumsily acted, the setting and songs cover for simple dramatic range and awkward dialogue. But this is all forgotten due to the nature of the setting and the cinematic grain of the 1970s film. The film is enjoyable but that is all 'Scrooge' gives, as a charcter he is quite eratic and contradictory going on a distorted arc to how the source material showed his devevolpment. Overall this is a film, entertaining for light viewing but that is as far as it stretches, it isnt loyal enough to Dickens' novella to study for academic purposes but might be of interest for those seeking creative differences in the text and artistical inferences.
CinemaSerf
I am sorry but this ought to be compulsory viewing for any "bah-humbugs" out there. From the wonderful Ronald Searle caricatures that open this through the superbly enjoyable performances from Albert Finney (who won a Golden Globe), Sir Alec Guinness; Dame Edith Evans, Kenneth More and a whole host of faces from British stage and screen this just screams "Christmas" at me. Leslie Bricusse's score and songs are as close to the intentions of Charles Dickens as, I imagine, Dickens could have written himself. Ronald Neame at his absolute best. It just has to be seen with a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie in hand...

Albert Finney
Ebenezer Scrooge

Alec Guinness
Jacob Marley's Ghost

Edith Evans
Ghost of Christmas Past

Kenneth More
Ghost of Christmas Present

Laurence Naismith
Mr. Fezziwig

Michael Medwin
Nephew Fred

David Collings
Bob Cratchit

Anton Rodgers
Tom Jenkins

Suzanne Neve
Isabel Fezziwig

Frances Cuka
Ethel Cratchit

Derek Francis
1st Gentleman of Charity

Gordon Jackson
Tom - Friend of Harry's
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