This is the best film version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale bar none! Alastair Sim [1900–1976] was a sublime actor and farceur. I was lucky enough to see him on stage on several occasions including Peter Pan at the Scala Theatre, where he played Mr Darling and Captain Hook, and the title role in Arthur Wing Pinero’s farce, The Magistrate at the Criterion. Genius.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Writing Credits: Charles Dickens … (adapted from A Christmas Carol)
Noel Langley: (adaptation and screenplay)
Cast (in credits order)
Alastair Sim …Ebenezer Scrooge
Kathleen Harrison …Mrs. Dilber
Mervyn Johns …Bob Cratchit
Hermione Baddeley …Mrs. Cratchit
Michael Hordern …Jacob Marley
George Cole …Young Ebenezer Scrooge
John Charlesworth …Peter Cratchit
Francis De Wolff …Spirit of Christmas Present (as Francis de Wolff)
Rona Anderson …Alice
Carol Marsh …Fan Scrooge
Brian Worth …Fred
Miles Malleson …Old Joe
Ernest Thesiger …The Undertaker
Glyn Dearman …Tiny Tim
Michael Dolan …Spirit of Christmas Past
Olga Edwardes …Fred’s Wife
Roddy Hughes …Fezziwig
Hattie Jacques …Mrs. Fezziwig
Eleanor Summerfield …Miss Flora
Louise Hampton …Laundress
C. Konarski …Spirit of Christmas Yet To Come
Eliot Makeham …Mr. Snedrig
Peter Bull …First Businessman, Narrator
Douglas Muir …Second Businessman
Noel Howlett …First Collector
Fred Johnson …Second Collector
Henry Hewitt …Mr. Rosehed
Hugh Dempster …Mr. Groper
David Hannaford
Maire O’Neill …Alice’s Patient
Richard Pearson …Mr. Tupper
Patrick Macnee …Young Jacob Marley (as Patrick MacNee)
Clifford Mollison …Samuel Wilkins
Jack Warner …Mr. Jorkin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Theresa Derrington …Fred’s Maid
Vi Kaley …Old Lady Sitting By Stove At The Charity Hospital (uncredited)
Tony Wager …Fezziwig’s Lad (uncredited)
Produced by Brian Desmond Hurst
Stanley Haynes … associate producer (uncredited)
Music by Richard Addinsell … (musical score by)
Cinematography by C.M. Pennington-Richards … director of photography
Film Editing by Clive Donner … film editor
Casting By Maude Spector
Art Direction by Ralph W. Brinton
Set Decoration by Freda Pearson … (uncredited)
Costume Design by Doris Lee
Phyllis Dalton … (uncredited) Makeup Department
Eric Carter … make-up artist
Betty Lee … hair stylist
Aldo Manganaro … assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
June Robinson … assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Production Management
Stanley Couzins … production manager Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Denis O’Dell … first assistant director
Buddy Booth … third assistant director (uncredited)
Tony Harris … second assistant director (uncredited) Art Department
Chris Chapman … property buyer (uncredited)
T. Hopewell Ash … draughtsman (uncredited)
Ted Marshall … draughtsman (uncredited)
Patricia Neville … sketch artist (uncredited)
Freda Pearson … set dresser (uncredited)
Wallis Smith … construction manager (uncredited) Sound Department
W.H. Lindop … sound recordist
Charles Earl … sound camera operator (uncredited)
Fred Ryan … boom operator (uncredited)
Leonard Trumm … dubbing editor (uncredited) Camera and Electrical Department
Cecil Cooney … camera operator (as C. Cooney)
Richard Cantouris … still photographer (uncredited)
Tom Friswell … clapper loader (uncredited)
Gerry Turpin … focus puller (uncredited) Costume and Wardrobe Department
Constance Da Finna … costume designer: Mr. Sim, Mr. Hordern and Miss Edwardes
Phyllis Dalton … assistant costume designer (uncredited)
W. Walsh … wardrobe master (uncredited) Editorial Department
Anne Barker … assistant editor (uncredited)
Stan Hawkes … second assistant editor (uncredited)
Michael Johns … second assistant editor (uncredited)
Charles Squires … second assistant editor (uncredited) Music Department
Muir Mathieson … conductor Other crew
George Minter … presenter
Larry Edmonds … accountant (uncredited)
Hugh Findlay … publicity director (uncredited)
Elizabeth Montagu … dialogue director (uncredited)
Doris Prince … production secretary (uncredited)
Margaret Ryan … continuity (uncredited)
Jan Saunders … floor runner (uncredited) Thanks
M. Steiner … acknowledgment: mechanical Victorian dolls loaned by (as Mr. M. Steiner)
via A Christmas Carol (1951) – Full Cast & Crew – IMDb.
Take care and keep laughing!
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Alas, it will not play, but still, hope you have a happy day. 🙂
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What a bummer!
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I’ve always preferred the Alastair Sim version of Scrooge.
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It is indeed much the best one – light years ahead of any version before or since.
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