Scrooge is played by Fredric March and Marley is played by Basil Rathbone, but in 1958 Rathbone played Scrooge in a production of Dickens' plays hosted by March.
This episode aired again the following Christmas season (12/15/1955).
Queenie Leonard repeats her role of Mrs. Cratchit from the 1949 made-for-TV version of "A Christmas Carol" narrated by Vincent Price and starring Taylor Holmes as Scrooge.
This was an unusual early color film broadcast by CBS, and was replayed on 15 December 1955 and in 1956 as a sort of mini-tradition at Christmastime.