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About the Film

Year

1988

Rating

PG-13

Genre

Comedy / Drama

Running Time

101 MIN

Synopsis

High-spirited high jinks on Christmas Eve put Frank Cross (Bill Murray) in a ghostly time warp in this hilarious take-off of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Cross, who has made the meteoric rise from the depths of the mailroom to TV network president, is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving and has a sadistic sense of humor - perfect qualities for a modern-day Scrooge. Before the night is over, he’ll be visited by a maniacal New York cab driver from the past, a present-day fairy who’s into pratfalls and, finally, a ghoulish, seven-foot headless messenger from the future.

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Bill Murray

Frank Cross

Karen Allen

Claire Phillips

Carol Kane

Ghost of Christmas Present

Alfre Woodard

Grace Cooley

John Forsythe

Lew Hayward

John Glover

Brice Cummings

Bob Goldthwait

Eliot Loudermilk

Robert Mitchum

Preston Rhinelander

David Johansen

Ghost of Christmas Past

Nicholas Phillips

Calvin Cooley

Michael J. Pollard

Herman

About the Crew

Director

Richard Donner

Producer

Art Linson

Producer

Stephen J. Roth

Producer

Richard Donner

Writer

Mitch Glazer

Writer

Michael O'Donoghue

Based on Novel By

Charles Dickens

Music Scoring

Danny Elfman