An impressive cast perform this rather preachy antiwar pro United Nations adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic,
A Christmas Carol, in which Sterling Hayden
stars as the Ebenezer Scrooge character.
Daniel
Grudge is a wealthy industrialist and fierce
isolationist, long embittered by the loss of his son Marley (Gordon Spencer) in
World War II.
Steve Lawrence plays the ghost of Christmas past, Pat Hingle is the
ghost of Christmas present, and Robert Shaw plays the ghost of
Christmas yet to come.
Other notable appearances come from
Ben Gazzara as Daniel's nephew Fred, Peter Sellers as a post-apocalyptic leader
Imperial Me.
Eva Marie Saint as Lt. Gibson, Percy Rodrigues and Barbara
Ann Teer as his household staff Charles and Ruby, James Shigeta as the
Hiroshima Doctor and Britt Ekland as the mother.
Overall,
not one I will be in a hurry to watch again.
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