An American Christmas Carol (1979)

Charles Dicken's Victorian London becomes America's great Depression in this exciting new film

In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man.

Cast (27)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Henry Winkler

Benedict Slade

David Wayne

Merrivale

Chris Wiggins

Nathaniel Brewster

R.H. Thomson

Thatcher

Ken Pogue

Jack Latham

Gerard Parkes

Jessup

Susan Hogan

Helen Brewster

W

Will Bermender

Orphan

Dorian Harewood

Matt Reeves

T

Tammy Bourne

Sarah Thatcher

B

Brett Matthew Davidson

Orphan

Christopher Crabb

Tim

C

Chris Cragg

Jonathan Thatcher

James B. Douglas

Sam Perkins

Arlene Duncan

Jennie Reeves

Linda Goranson

Doris Thatcher

D

Derrick Jones

Harry Barnes

Cec Linder

Auctioneer

S

Sylvia Marie Llewellyn

Latham's Secretary

J

Jefferson Mappin

Joe

M

Mary Pirie

Mrs. Brewster

S

Sammy Snyders

Young Slade

Ruth Springford

Mrs. Tidings

J

Justine Till

Young Helen

Michael Wincott

Choir Leader

W

William Ballantyne

Minister

F

Frank Gibbs

Fire Chief

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