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An American Christmas Carol

Seen it?

1979 | 98 min | Drama, Family, TV Movie, Fantasy

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for fantasy fans and families. If you loved It's a Wonderful Life or Scrooge, start here.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 38 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1979: an older pace and style.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 18K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Eric Till

  • Henry WinklerBenedict Slade
  • David WayneMerrivale
  • Chris WigginsNathaniel Brewster
  • R.H. ThomsonThatcher
  • Ken PogueJack Latham
  • Gerard ParkesJessup
  • Susan HoganHelen Brewster
  • Will BermenderOrphan
  • Dorian HarewoodMatt Reeves
  • Tammy BourneSarah Thatcher