Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (TV Movie 1962)

Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol: Directed by Abe Levitow. With Jim Backus, Morey Amsterdam, Jack Cassidy, Royal Dano. This musical adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens stars Magoo as the cold-hearted old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge.

“This film is one of the great Hollywood films yet so few have ever heard of. Not only does it rate with Douglas Sirku0026#39;s better known films (u0026quot;Magnificent Obsession,u0026quot; u0026quot;All that Heaven Allows,u0026quot; and u0026quot;Imitation of Life), but is as much a devastating a critique of the American Dream as other fifties movies like u0026quot;Bigger Than Life.u0026quot; And unlike many melodramas which center on the emotional isolation and turmoil of the central female character, this one analyzes the pain of the main male figure (Fred MacMurray). The filmu0026#39;s acting, direction, and script have a precision so well thought out that the effect–both at any given moment and overall –is absolutely astonishing. An incredible film crying out to be rediscovered.”