Based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooged is a modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive who is visited by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit.

Scrooged: Directed by Richard Donner. With Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover. A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.

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Frank Cross is a mean TV executive with perfect qualities of a modern-day Scrooge. Before the night is over, he'll be visited by three ghosts from the past, present and future.

The movie stars Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a tormented TV network president who is approaching the Christmas season in a foul mood. He has cut himself off from everybody who loves him, he delights in criticizing and humiliating his colleagues, and he leads a lonely life, sitting in his high-rise office, watching TV and pouring down the vodka.

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.

A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve. Francis Xavier Cross is a cynical, mean spirited television executive, he treats his loyal assistant with contempt.

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.