In the 1988 film Scrooged, what is the name of Bill Murray’s character?

Bill Murray’s character in the 1988 film Scrooged is Frank Cross. Cross is a cynical television executive whose life mirrors Ebenezer Scrooge’s before he is confronted by three supernatural Christmas visitors.

Directed by Richard Donner, Scrooged is a contemporary American reworking of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. Instead of running a counting house, Frank works at a television network and prepares a lavish live production of Dickens’s story while treating employees, friends, and relatives harshly.

The film’s other well-known performers include Karen Allen as Claire Phillips, John Forsythe as James Cross, and Bobcat Goldthwait as Eliot Loudermilk. Frank Cross is sometimes confused with Murray’s character Phil Connors from Groundhog Day, another 1990s comedy built around personal transformation.