An American Christmas Carol
6.158
98 minutes
12/16/1979
Overview
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man.
Cast List
Henry Winkler
as Benedict Slade
David Wayne
as Merrivale
Chris Wiggins
as Nathaniel Brewster
R.H. Thomson
as Thatcher
Ken Pogue
as Jack Latham
Gerard Parkes
as Jessup
Susan Hogan
as Helen Brewster
Will Bermender
as Orphan
Dorian Harewood
as Matt Reeves
Tammy Bourne
as Sarah Thatcher
Brett Matthew Davidson
as Orphan
Christopher Crabb
as Tim
Chris Cragg
as Jonathan Thatcher
James B. Douglas
as Sam Perkins
Arlene Duncan
as Jennie Reeves
Linda Goranson
as Doris Thatcher
Derrick Jones
as Harry Barnes
Cec Linder
as Auctioneer
Sylvia Marie Llewellyn
as Latham's Secretary
Jefferson Mappin
as Joe
Mary Pirie
as Mrs. Brewster
Sammy Snyders
as Young Slade
Ruth Springford
as Mrs. Tidings
Justine Till
as Young Helen
Michael Wincott
as Choir Leader
William Ballantyne
as Minister
Frank Gibbs
as Fire Chief