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Ebenezer is a canadien film of genre Drama released in USA on 13 october 1998 with Jack Palance

Ebenezer (1998)

Ebenezer
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Released in USA 13 october 1998
Length 1h34
OriginCanada
Genres Drama,    Fantasy,    Western
Rating56% 2.808022.808022.808022.808022.80802

Ebenezer is a 1998 Canadian television production re-telling of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol with Jack Palance giving a performance as Ebenezer Scrooge, á la Western genre. Palance, after a half-century of screen presence, in one of his final projects before retirement.

A TV film with high production value, it debuted in the United States on Turner Network Television. It is an obscure and rarely seen title.

Synopsis

Ebenezer Scrooge is the most greedy, corrupt and mean-spirited crook in the old West and he sees no value in "Holiday Humbug." But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future open his eyes, Scrooge discovers that love and friendships are the greatest wealth of all.

Actors

Jack Palance

(Ebenezer Scrooge)
Rick Schroder

(Samuel Benson)
Amy Locane

(Erica Marlowe)
Albert Schultz

(Bob Cratchitt)
Michelle Thrush

(Ghost of Christmas, Past)
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