Continuity mistake: When Frank sees what he thinks is the Ghost of Christmas Future in the elevator, he flips out and accidentally clocks Grace in the jaw. She puts her right hand to her face, but in the next shot she's holding her left hand up.

Scrooged (1988)
Directed by: Richard Donner
Starring: Bill Murray, John Forsythe, John Glover, Karen Allen
Continuity mistake: After Claire hits Frank in the head with the door, she kneels down to help him up, and she has no purse. In the next shot she has a brown purse in plain sight on her left shoulder.
Continuity mistake: Near the end of the film before Frank starts singing, watch the guy to his left (screen right) in the plaid shirt. He goes from being next to him to behind him and jumps around a few times in the scene.
Trivia: Frank's brother James is played by Bill Murray's younger brother John. His father is played by Bill's older brother Brian Doyle-Murray.
Trivia: Director Richard Donner has a cameo as a worker in the control room towards the end of the movie.
Trivia: Bill Murray wasn't a fan of Richard Donner's direction, saying "He kept telling me to do things louder, louder, louder. I think he was deaf."
Lou: I don't mind you hitting me, Frank, but take it easy on the Bacardi.
Ghost of Christmas Present: Sometimes you have to slap them in the face just to get their attention.
Earl Cross: Here Francis, I've got something for you. Merry Christmas.
Frankie Cross: A choo-choo train?
Earl Cross: No, it's five pounds of veal.
Frankie Cross: But Daddy I asked Santa for a choo-choo.
Earl Cross: Then go out and get a job and buy a choo-choo.
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