Televised production based on Charles Dickens' novella.
Marshall Borden Catherine Burns Oliver Cliff Stephen D'Ambrose Jonathan Fuller Sara Hennessy Richard Hilger Paul Laksso Chuck Bailey John Lewin J. Patrick Martin Robert Nadir Peggy O'Connell Laurence Overmire Suzanne Petri Martin Rueben Peggy Schoditsch Mim Solberg Peter Thoemke Keliher Walsh Alan Woodward Peggy J. Scott
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