An American Christmas Carol

• Director: Eric Till
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• Genre: Fantasy
• Movie Type: Period Film, Melodrama
• Themes: Fathers and Sons, Righting the Wronged, Redemption
• Main Cast: Henry Winkler
• Release Year: 1979
• Country: US
• Run Time: 98 minutes

Plot

Made up to look like a septuagenarian, Henry Winkler plays Benedict Slade, a Scrooge-like miser living in a tiny New England town during the Depression. Slade goes Scrooge one further by repossessing items from a poor farm couple and an orphanage on Christmas eve. While reading a copy of Dickens' The Christmas Carol in his home, Slade is visited by his own set of Spirits Past, Present and Future, including his Hell-dwelling late business partner (Kenneth Pogue). Lensed in Canada, this made-for-TV film premiered the week before Christmas of 1979. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Gerard Parkes - Jessup; Tammy Bourne - Sarah Thatcher; Chris Cragg - Jonathan Thatcher; James Douglas - Sam Perkins; Arlene Duncan - Jennie Reeves; Linda Sorenson - Doris Thatcher; Dorian Harewood - Matt Reeves; Susan Hogan - Helen Brewster; Cec Linder - Auctioneer; Ken Pogue - Jack Latham; R.H. Thomson - Thatcher; David Wayne - Merrivale; Chris Wiggins - Mr. Brewster; Michael Wincott - C??? L???; Henry Winkler - Benedict Slade

Credit

Eric Till - Director, Ron Wisman - Editor, Edgar J. Scherick - Executive Producer, Gary Smith - Executive Producer, Hagood Hardy - Composer (Music Score), Jack McAdam - Production Designer, Richard Ciupka - Cinematographer, Stanley Chase - Producer, Jon Slan - Producer, Jerome Coopersmith - Screenwriter, Charles Dickens - Book Author

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