An American Christmas Carol

Year: 1979

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: English

Director: Eric Till

DramaFamilyTV MovieFantasyPolitics and human rights

Set in Depression‑era New England, miserly loan shark Benedict Slade is visited on Christmas Eve by three spectral figures resembling borrowers whose property he seized. Posing as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, they compel him to confront the results of his greed, ultimately transforming him into a compassionate, generous man.

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