09 Mar 1994
The Ref
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
Ms. Scrooge
Let's just say she didn't make Santa's 'nice' list.
Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She has no time for Christmas or the holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, she is visited by the ghost of her dead partner Maude Marley and then by other spirits who remind her of her happy past and chronicle the bitterness and greed that have taken over her life. At last, she is shown her own death and funeral. No one is there to mourn her. This revelation shocks her into opening her heart and her checkbook.
Top Billed Cast
Cicely Tyson Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
Katherine Helmond Maude Marley
Michael Beach Reverend Luke
John Bourgeois Bob Cratchit
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly Young Ebenita
Karen Glave Teenage Ebenita
Ken James Sam Catherwood
Arsinée Khanjian Libba Cratchit
William Greenblatt Tiny Tim
Michael J. Reynolds Ghost of Christmas Past
Shaun Austin-Olsen Spirit Present
Julian Richings Christmas Yet to Come
Ashley Brown Chris
Natasha Greenblatt Sis Cratchit
Allegra Fulton Marie
Michelle Moffett Clara
David Felton Marty Cratchit
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