An American Christmas Carol [52055] Released: 1979-12-16 Revenue: $0 Budget: $2,000,000 Profit: $-2,000,000 Runtime: 98 mins Popularity: 0.9089 Vote Average: 6.2 Vote Count: 36 Overview: 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. Cast [27] Henry WinklerBenedict Slade David WayneMerrivale Chris WigginsNathaniel Brewst R.H. ThomsonThatcher Ken PogueJack Latham Gerard ParkesJessup Susan HoganHelen Brewster Will BermenderOrphan Dorian HarewoodMatt Reeves Tammy BourneSarah Thatcher Brett Matthew DavidsonOrphan Christopher CrabbTim Chris CraggJonathan Thatche James B. DouglasSam Perkins Arlene DuncanJennie Reeves Linda GoransonDoris Thatcher Derrick JonesHarry Barnes Cec LinderAuctioneer Sylvia Marie LlewellynLatham's Secreta Jefferson MappinJoe Mary PirieMrs. Brewster Sammy SnydersYoung Slade Ruth SpringfordMrs. Tidings Justine TillYoung Helen Michael WincottChoir Leader William BallantyneMinister Frank GibbsFire Chief Trailers