A Christmas Carol
1938 · 69 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 9,366 VOTES · DIR. Edwin L. Marin
Overview
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Dialogue Timeline — 887 lines
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00:01:53 Have a try at it.
00:03:41 Don't you two lads want to see your father? And on Christmas Eve, too?
00:06:13 - You're rich enough. - Humbug.
00:08:16 Has she tried her relatives?
00:10:10 What can I put you down for, sir?
00:13:27 - Come on, governor. Show us. - Right you are. Here, give me room.
00:16:37 Let me help you.
00:22:22 Silence!
00:25:21 Poor and ignorant Scrooge.
00:28:57 Rise and walk with me.
00:33:17 And he sent me to fetch you with a coach.
00:35:37 Good night, Ebenezer. Good night, Dick.
00:38:43 Good morning, and a merry, merry Christmas to you.
00:41:21 Their love will soon fade.
00:44:55 Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live.
00:46:50 I wish you'd been there.
00:48:55 - I'd like to stroke it. - Tim.
00:51:04 Sweet as honey. Obviously made by an expert.
00:53:01 - Blindman's buff. - Blindman's buff? Right.
00:56:29 Goodbye.
00:59:40 we shan't quarrel among ourselves...
01:03:34 - Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas.
01:06:13 Merry Christmas, Bob!
01:09:07 English
Cast & Characters
Reginald Owen
Ebenezer Scrooge
Gene Lockhart
Bob Cratchit
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Cratchit
Terry Kilburn
Tiny Tim
Barry MacKay
Fred
Lynne Carver
Bess
Leo G. Carroll
Marley's Ghost
Lionel Braham
Spirit of Christmas Present
Ann Rutherford
Spirit of Christmas Past
D'Arcy Corrigan
Spirit of Christmas Future
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed887
Dialogue density12.9 lines / min
First line00:01:53
Final line01:09:07
Production Record
DirectorEdwin L. Marin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes9,366