---
title: 'Scrooge (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Brian Desmond Hurst'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/scrooge-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044008/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Scrooge (1951)

1951 · 86 min · Drama, Fantasy, Family · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Scrooge is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. It also features Michael Hordern, Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Mervyn Johns, Clifford Mollison, Jack Warner, Ernest Thesiger, and Patrick Macnee. Peter Bull narrates portions of Charles Dickens's words at the beginning and end of the film, and appears on-screen as a businessman.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Brian Desmond Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-desmond-hurst)
- **Producer:** [Brian Desmond Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-desmond-hurst)
- **Screenplay:** [Noel Langley](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-langley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Addinsell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-addinsell)
- **Director of Photography:** [C. M. Pennington-Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-m-pennington-richards)
- **Editor:** [Clive Donner](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-donner)

## Cast

- [Michael Hordern](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hordern)
- [Jack Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-warner-2)
- [Mervyn Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-johns)
- [Patrick Macnee](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-macnee)
- [Francis de Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-de-wolff)
- [Peter Bull](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bull)
- [Brian Worth](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-worth)
- [Alastair Sim](https://cinepixo.com/people/alastair-sim)
- [Kathleen Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-harrison)
- [George Cole](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-cole)
- [Hermione Baddeley](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermione-baddeley)
- [Rona Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rona-anderson)
- [Roddy Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/roddy-hughes)

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