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Last night my wife and I watched Carol for Another Christmas, a 1964 TV movie that aired once in 1964 and wasn't seen again until TCM aired it in 2012. Written by Rod Serling, it's an updated (circa 1964) version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" starring Sterling Hayden as Daniel Grudge whose miserly ways are not motivated by money or goods, but by the loss of his son Marley who was killed in action on Christmas Eve in 1944. Co-starring Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara, and Steve Lawrence, Pat Hingle, and Robert Shaw as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future (respectively), it's an interesting take on Dickens' story featuring solid performances. I'd recommend seeing it at least once if you have the opportunity.
We watched it as well - it's probably the second time we've seen it (which is one too many). It has good parts - and an interesting premise - but, IMO, fails overall as it felt disjointed and too blatantly advocated for its political opinion. It was fun, though, to see several Serling "Twilight Zone" touches applied to Dickens' story. And for fans of Ivy-style dress, Ben Gazarra's outfits are Ivy-era perfect.