Carol for Another Christmas

Carol for Another Christmas

Where the future meets the past... and our world collides.

1964 · 84 min · ★ 5.9 · TV Movie, Drama, Fantasy

Wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist Daniel Grudge, long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · Written by Rod Serling

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