

Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
1979 · 98 min · Music, Family, TV Movie
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" takes a contemporary jolt in this original musical set in modern-day Tennessee. Cyrus Flint is a mean old banker whose one and only concern is the welfare of Flint City Bank. Dennis and Laura Pritchett are two parents struggling to make enough money to pay for an operation their son needs. Flint is organizing a songwriting and singing contest with a $2,000 first prize to promote his bank.
- Director
- Marc Daniels
- Writers
- Charles Dickens, Mel Mandel
- Released
- December 18, 1979
- Language
- English
Cast

Hoyt Axton
Cyrus Flint

Lynn Anderson
Laura Pritchett

Mel Tillis
Dennis Pritchett

Larry Gatlin
Roger

Julie Gregg
Joan

Tom T. Hall
Ghost of Jacob Burley
Barbara Mandrell
Emmy

Martha Raye
The Ghost of Christmas Past
The Statler Brothers
The Flint City Four
Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass
The Ghost of Christmas Present

Dottie West
Annabelle Williams
Steven Lutz
T.J.
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