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, Rovi
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