Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
1979Charled Dicken's tale 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 $2000 first prize to promote his bank.
Acted in
Hoyt Axton
as Cyrus Flint
Lynn Anderson
as Laura Pritchett
Mel Tillis
as Dennis Pritchett
Larry Gatlin
as Roger
Julie Gregg
as Joan
Tom T. Hall
as Ghost of Jacob Burley
Barbara Mandrell
as Emmy
Martha Raye
as The Ghost of Christmas Past
The Statler Brothers
as The Flint City Four
Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass
as The Ghost of Christmas Present
Dottie West
as Annabelle Williams
Steven Lutz
as T.J.
Byron Webster
as Mr. Abbey
Carol Swarbrick
as Mrs. Abbey
Dave Madden
as Stanley Gershen
Mickey McMeel
as Announcer (voice)
Gordon Connell
as The Pawnbroker
David Bond
as Christmas Yet to Come
Jean Howell
as Sarah