1988 • PG-13 • 1h 41m
6.8/10
( users) 
Overview
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature 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.
6.8/10
( users) Cast / Crew 
Bill Murray Francis Cross 
Karen Allen Claire Phillips 
John Forsythe Lew Hayward 
John Glover Bryce Cummings 
Bobcat Goldthwait Eliot Loudermilk 
David Johansen Ghost of Christmas Past 
Carol Kane Ghost of Christmas Present 
Robert Mitchum Preston Rhinelander 
Nicholas Phillips Calvin Cooley 
Michael J. Pollard Herman 
Alfre Woodard Grace Cooley 
Mabel King Gramma 
John Murray James Cross 
Jamie Farr Jacob Marley 
Robert Goulet Self Stephen J. Roth Executive Producer Fredric Steinkamp Editor 
Richard Donner Director Richard Donner Producer 
Art Linson Producer 
Michael Chapman Director of Photography William Steinkamp Editor Allen Hall Special Effects Coordinator Thomas R. Burman Makeup Effects Designer Gary L. Karas Special Effects Albert Delgado Special Effects Raymond Hartwick Co-Producer Walter Newman Sound Editor 
Willie D. Burton Production Sound Mixer Teri E. Dorman Sound Editor
Bill Murray Francis Cross Karen Allen Claire Phillips John Forsythe Lew Hayward John Glover Bryce Cummings Bobcat Goldthwait Eliot Loudermilk David Johansen Ghost of Christmas Past Carol Kane Ghost of Christmas Present Robert Mitchum Preston Rhinelander Nicholas Phillips Calvin Cooley Michael J. Pollard Herman Alfre Woodard Grace Cooley Mabel King Gramma John Murray James Cross Jamie Farr Jacob Marley Robert Goulet Self Stephen J. Roth Executive Producer Fredric Steinkamp Editor Richard Donner Director Richard Donner Producer Art Linson Producer Michael Chapman Director of Photography William Steinkamp Editor Allen Hall Special Effects Coordinator Thomas R. Burman Makeup Effects Designer Gary L. Karas Special Effects Albert Delgado Special Effects Raymond Hartwick Co-Producer Walter Newman Sound Editor Willie D. Burton Production Sound Mixer Teri E. Dorman Sound Editor 
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