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
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.