Scrooge
What the Dickens have they done to Scrooge?
1970 | 113m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Ronald Neame |
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| Writer: | Charles Dickens, Leslie Bricusse |
| Staring: |
| A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 05, 1970 |
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| Director: | Ronald Neame |
| Writer: | Charles Dickens, Leslie Bricusse |
| Genres: | Family, Fantasy, Drama |
| Keywords | holiday, based on novel or book, musical, victorian england, money, family drama, miser, ghost, holiday season, christmas, scrooge, xmas eve |
| Production Companies | Cinema Center Films, Waterbury Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $6,000,000
Budget: $5,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Albert Finney | Ebenezer Scrooge |
| Alec Guinness | Jacob Marley's Ghost |
| Edith Evans | Ghost of Christmas Past |
| Kenneth More | Ghost of Christmas Present |
| Laurence Naismith | Mr. Fezziwig |
| Michael Medwin | Nephew Fred |
| David Collings | Bob Cratchit |
| Anton Rodgers | Tom Jenkins |
| Suzanne Neve | Isabel Fezziwig |
| Frances Cuka | Ethel Cratchit |
| Derek Francis | 1st Gentleman of Charity |
| Gordon Jackson | Tom - Friend of Harry's |
| Roy Kinnear | 2nd Gentleman of Charity |
| Mary Peach | Fred's Wife |
| Paddy Stone | Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come |
| Kay Walsh | Mrs. Fezziwig |
| Geoffrey Bayldon | Pringle - Toyshop Owner |
| Helena Gloag | 2nd Woman Debtor |
| Reg Lever | Punch and Judy Man |
| Keith Marsh | Well Wisher (as Keith March) |
| Marianne Stone | Party Guest |
| Molly Weir | 1st Woman Debtor |
| Richard Beaumont | Tiny Tim |
| Philip Da Costa | Child |
| Clive Moss | Child |
| Raymond Hoskins | Child |
| John O'Brien | Child |
| Gaynor Hodgson | Child |
| David Peacock | Child |
| Nicholas Locise | Child |
| Michael Reardon | Child |
| Peter Lock | Child |
| Karen Scargill | Child |
| Joy Leigh | Child |
| Terry Winter | Child |
| Sara Gibson | Child |
| Stephen Garlick | Child |
| George Oliver | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ronald Neame | Director |
| Charles Dickens | Novel |
| Leslie Bricusse | Screenplay, Music, Lyricist |
| Oswald Morris | Director of Photography |
| Terence Marsh | Production Design |
| Peter Weatherley | Editor |
| Robert Cartwright | Art Direction |
| Pamela Cornell | Set Dresser |
| Ted Sturgis | Assistant Director |
| Herbert W. Spencer | Assistant Music Supervisor |
| Margaret Furse | Costume Designer |
| Wally Veevers | Special Effects |
| Ronald Searle | Title Designer |
| George Frost | Key Makeup Artist |
| Bobbie Smith | Key Hair Stylist |
| Ed Harper | Production Manager |
| Jimmy Turrell | Camera Operator |
| Elaine Schreyeck | Continuity |
| Jack Mills | Visual Effects Camera |
| Roger Simons | Second Assistant Director |
| Ivy Baker | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| John Cox | Sound Supervisor |
| Jock May | Sound Mixer |
| Jim Shields | Sound Editor |
| Bob Jones | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ken Runyon | Music Editor |
| Robert Hathaway | Music Editor |
| Ian Fraser | Music Supervisor, Conductor |
| Paddy Stone | Choreographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert H. Solo | Producer |
| David W. Orton | Associate Producer |
| Leslie Bricusse | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 71 | 200 | 36 |
| 2024 | 5 | 258 | 332 | 199 |
| 2024 | 6 | 146 | 283 | 59 |
| 2024 | 7 | 35 | 90 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 12 |
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 43 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2024 | 12 | 625 | 697 |
Very catchy songs. Albert Finney was brilliant as the titular character. One of those Christmas films I'd watch while eating Twiglets (and drink Coca Cola)! ...
A Classic adaptation of **'A Christmas Carol'** staying with and detering from tradition in wonderful balance. Basic cinematography ecourages story but this is clumsily acted, the setting and songs cover for simple dramatic range and awkward dialogue. But this is all forgotten due to the nature of t ... he setting and the cinematic grain of the 1970s film. The film is enjoyable but that is all 'Scrooge' gives, as a charcter he is quite eratic and contradictory going on a distorted arc to how the source material showed his devevolpment. Overall this is a film, entertaining for light viewing but that is as far as it stretches, it isnt loyal enough to Dickens' novella to study for academic purposes but might be of interest for those seeking creative differences in the text and artistical inferences.
I am sorry but this ought to be compulsory viewing for any "bah-humbugs" out there. From the wonderful Ronald Searle caricatures that open this through the superbly enjoyable performances from Albert Finney (who won a Golden Globe), Sir Alec Guinness; Dame Edith Evans, Kenneth More and a whole host ... of faces from British stage and screen this just screams "Christmas" at me. Leslie Bricusse's score and songs are as close to the intentions of Charles Dickens as, I imagine, Dickens could have written himself. Ronald Neame at his absolute best. It just has to be seen with a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie in hand...