12. Scrooge
UK Release: 1951
A deliciously sinister adaptation of the Christmas classic tale. Miserly banker, Ebeneezer Scrooge (Sim) is shown the error of his ways and the true meaning of Christmas Spirit by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
This telling of A Christmas Carol gives an expanded warts and all view on why and how Scrooge has become the man he is when the spirits visit. Adapted from the Charles Dickens story by Noel Langley, who also co-wrote The Wizard of Oz movie, and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, the most prolific Irish film-maker of the 20th century.