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Quick Info

Rating

6.8/10

Release1988

Runtime1h 41m

StatusReleased

Budget$32,000,000

Revenue$60,300,000

Production

Paramount Pictures

Mirage Productions

Movie

Scrooged

1988

1h 41m

6.8

Fantasy

Comedy

Drama

Synopsis

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

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