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Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol (1979)
Directed by Marc Daniels
Music, Family, TV Movie · 1h 38m
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" takes a contemporary jolt in this original musical set in modern-day Tennessee. Cyrus Flint is a mean old banker whose one and only concern is the welfare of Flint City Bank. Dennis and Laura Pritchett are two parents struggling to make enough money to pay for an operation their son needs. Flint is organizing a songwriting and singing contest with a $2,000 first prize to promote his bank.
Cast
Hoyt Axton
Cyrus Flint
Lynn Anderson
Laura Pritchett
Mel Tillis
Dennis Pritchett
Larry Gatlin
Roger
Julie Gregg
Joan
Tom T. Hall
Ghost of Jacob Burley
B
Barbara Mandrell
Emmy
Martha Raye
The Ghost of Christmas Past
T
The Statler Brothers
The Flint City Four
D
Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass
The Ghost of Christmas Present
Dottie West
Annabelle Williams
S
Steven Lutz
T.J.
Crew
- Director
- Marc Daniels
- Writer
- Mel Mandel
- Novel
- Charles Dickens
- Director of Photography
- Herb Stein
- Original Music Composer
- Norman Sachs, Aaron Schröder
- Editor
- Harvey Berger
- Producer
- Joseph Cates, Marc Daniels
Details
- Release date
- 1979-12-18
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Music, Family, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America