Directed by Edwin L. Marin Written by Charles Dickens Hugo Butler Cast Reginald Owen ... Ebenezer Scrooge Gene Lockhart ... Bob Cratchit Kathleen Lockhart ... Mrs. Cratchit Terry Kilburn ... Tiny Tim Barry MacKay ... Fred (as Barry Mackay) 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 Ronald Sinclair ... Young Scrooge Uncredited Cast Bunny Beatty ... Martha Cratchit Frank Benson   Billy Bevan ... Street Watch Leader Ted Billings ... Man on Sidewalk Matthew Boulton ... Second Charity Solicitor Bob Carey   St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers ... Singers - 'Adeste Fidelis' Richard Clucas   Charles Coleman ... First Charity Solicitor Harry Cording ... Waiter Richard Deane ... Handsome Boy David Dunbar   Herbert Evans   Gertrude Geyer ... Slim Girl at Fred's Party Douglas Gordon   Donald Hainey   Lumsden Hare ... Man Discussing Scrooge's Funeral Hugh Harrison ... Tom Forrester Harvey ... Old Fezziwig Harold Hensen ... Jack Halliwell Hobbes ... Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk Olaf Hytten ... Schoolmaster Boyd Irwin ... Man Discussing Scrooge's Funeral Bill James   I. Stanford Jolley ... Man on Sidewalk Tiny Jones ... Woman Encouraging Fred to Slide Muriel Kearney ... Cratchit's Daughter Colin Kenny   Crauford Kent ... Scrooge's Tall Business Associate George Kirby ... Goose-Seller Maude Leslie ... Bess's Mother Norma Leslie ... Plump Girl at Fred's Party June Lockhart ... Belinda Cratchit William Martin ... Cratchit's Middle Son John O'Day ... Peter Cratchit Charles Peck ... Dick Wilkins John Rogers ... Chestnut Vendor Clifford Severn ... Boy Buying Scrooge's Christmas Turkey Renee Shearing ... Fred's Maid William Stack ... Man Discussing Scrooge's Funeral Ira Stevens ... Fan Scrooge James Stevens ... Fat Man at Fred's Party Doris Stone ... Pretty Girl at Fred's Party Monte Vandergrift ... Drunk Delmar Watson ... Snowballer in Gang Eric Wilton ... Scrooge's Short Business Associate Produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz Original Music by Franz Waxman

Additional Info Premiere: December 16, 1938 DVD Release: November 08, 2005 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) (presents) Distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (1938) (USA) (theatrical) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (1991) (USA) (VHS) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Warner Home Video   (2005) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2009) (USA) (DVD) (4 film collection) Fathom Events   (2014) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,814 / 20,698 Site Ranking #4,810 Winter Passing (2005) #4,811 Skylines (2020) #4,812 I Know What You Did Last Summer: Season 1 (2021) #4,813 Toolbox Murders (2004) #4,814 A Christmas Carol (1938) #4,815 Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! (1956) #4,816 Pee-Wee's Big Holiday (2016) #4,817 Justice Society: World War II (2021) #4,818 Laid To Rest (2009)