Some of Britain's best film makers united to produce one of England's greatest classics in this, the most well-known and critically acclaimed versions of Charles Dickens' timeless tale. With an authentic, dramatic script by later-director Noel Langley, a superb performance by Alastair Sim and company, and under the careful direction of Brian Desmond Hurst, the 1951 filmed version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL emerges as an outstanding cinematic presentation.