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A Christmas Carol (1951) Movie Review
A Christmas Carol (1951) Review
"A Christmas Carol (1951)" Overview
Rating: NR
1951
Cast and Crew
Director : Brian Desmond HurstProducer : Brian Desmond Hurst
Screenwiter : Noel Langley
Starring : Alastair Sim,Kathleen Harrison,Mervyn Johns,Hermione Baddeley,Michael Hordern,George Cole
It's probably the best-known version of A Christmas Carol on film, but sadly
this 1951 rendition has aged terribly. Watch it today and you'll immediately
note the atrocious sound quality and that the special effects aren't any better
than the version made in 1938. Alastair Sim is appropriately grumpy as
Scrooge, but he adds little to the role that any other actor has brought to it.
Frankly, of all the versions of Carol that are out there, this is the first I'd
skip.
Aka Scrooge.
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Review by Christopher Null 
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screen name:
winterwald 
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posted on 23/11/2007 22:59
alastair sim is by far the best Scrooge, and of course the film is also by far
the best of all the versions... and I guess the majority of viewers would think
alike...
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