Carol for Another Christmas
1964 television film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carol for Another Christmas is a 1964 American TV movie, written by Rod Serling as a modernization of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol and a plea for global cooperation. It was the first in a planned series of television specials developed to promote the United Nations and educate viewers about its mission.[1] Originally televised on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network on December 28, 1964,[1][2] it was not shown again for 48 years, until Turner Classic Movies (TCM) broadcast it on December 16, 2012.[3][4]
Carol for Another Christmas | |
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Directed by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Written by | Rod Serling |
Based on | A Christmas Carol 1843 novella by Charles Dickens |
Produced by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Starring | opening credits in alphabetical order: Britt Ekland Ben Gazzara Sterling Hayden Pat Hingle Steve Lawrence Percy Rodriguez Eva Marie Saint Peter Sellers Robert Shaw James Shigeta Barbara Ann Teer |
Cinematography | Arthur J. Ornitz |
Edited by | Nathan Greene Robert Lawrence (supervising film editor) |
Music by | Henry Mancini |
Distributed by | ABC (original broadcast) |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The film was the only television program ever directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz,[1] and contained Peter Sellers' first performance after recovering from a near-fatal heart attack earlier in 1964. The film also featured Sterling Hayden, who had previously costarred with Sellers in Dr. Strangelove [5] and Britt Ekland, who was married to Sellers at the time.