It starred the legendary film actor, best known as playing Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone as Scrooge. And also had a solid cast, including two opera singers, Patrice Munsel and Robert Weede (who starred in Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella), along with several pop stars of the day, Vic Damone, Johnny Desmond and The Four Lads.as kind of travel minstrels. The score is by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre.