A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
Acting
Finney's 36-year-old Scrooge is unhinged, feral, weirdly hot?
Cinematography
Victorian London as damp, soot-choked nightmare—gorgeously miserable.
Score
Leslie Bricusse songs that slap harder than they have any right to.
Director
Ronald Neame
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Finney was only 34 playing the elderly Scrooge, beating out Rex Harrison and Richard Burton for the role. He performed his own singing after six months of vocal training.
The hell sequence—complete with chained demons and a genuinely disturbing descent—was so intense that multiple cuts exist for different markets. Disney reportedly considered shelving it entirely.
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