Scrooge
Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951
Dickens’s Christmas Carol, next to the four Gospels - greatest of all tales for this season, has been filmed endlessly over the past century, straight or in various guises, including a musical starring Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge and a Muppet movie featuring Michael Caine. Arguably, the best is this British version scripted by Noel Langley, co-author of The Wizard of Oz, with an outstanding cast of character actors headed by the inimitable Alastair Sim, a witty performer with poached-egg eyes, a combination of menace and quizzical lovability
The Guardian
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