Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
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Bill Murray | Frank Cross |
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Karen Allen | Claire Phillips |
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John Forsythe | Lew Hayward |
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John Glover | Brice Cummings |
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Bobcat Goldthwait | Eliot Loudermilk |
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David Johansen | Ghost of Christmas Past |
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Carol Kane | Ghost of Christmas Present |
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Robert Mitchum | Preston Rhinelander |
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Nicholas Phillips | Calvin Cooley |
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Michael J. Pollard | Herman |
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Alfre Woodard | Grace Cooley |
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Mabel King | Gramma |
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John Murray | James Cross |
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Jamie Farr | Jacob Marley |
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Robert Goulet | Robert Goulet |
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Buddy Hackett | Scrooge |
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John Houseman | John Houseman |
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Lee Majors | Lee Majors |
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Pat McCormick | Ghost of Christmas Present (TV) |
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Brian Doyle-Murray | Earl Cross |
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Mary Lou Retton | Mary Lou Retton |
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Al 'Red Dog' Weber | Santa Claus |
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Jean Speegle Howard | Mrs. Claus |
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June Chandler | June Cleaver |
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Michael Eidam | Wally Cleaver |
Director | Richard Donner |
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Writer | Mitch Glazer, Michael O'Donoghue, Charles Dickens | |
Producer | Richard Donner, Peter Frankfurt, Raymond Hartwick, Jennie Lew Tugend, Art Linson, Stephen J. Roth | |
Musician | Danny Elfman | |
Photography | Michael Chapman |