Rating: Full

Cast: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard and Alfre Woodard

Director: Richard Donner

Writers: Mitch Glazer and Michael O’Donoghue

Based on: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Producers: Richard Donner and Art Linson

Music by: Danny Elfman

Rated: PG-13

Release Date: 11/23/88

Favorite Character: Frank Cross

Tagline: Bill Murray is back among the ghosts. Only this time, it’s three against one.

Quote: “The Bitch hit me with a toaster!”- Frank Cross

Fun Facts: The Belle Cab Company is a reference to Scrooge’s former lover in A Christmas Carol.

During the end song, Murray made a reference to his other movie, ‘Little Shops of Horror (he said “Feed me, Seymour).

Murray was injured when Carol Kane actually DID grab his lips and tore it, so the film was halted for several days.

The tagline is marketed with a reference to Ghostbusters (See Tagline).

Summary: A Cruel TV Network president is visited by three spirits on Christmas eve.

The Review: Out of all the Christmas Carol adaptations, this one is the funniest and it’s everything but a ‘Bah Humbug!’