A young widow is torn between a boring attorney and a romantic ne'er-do-well.A young widow is torn between a boring attorney and a romantic ne'er-do-well.A young widow is torn between a boring attorney and a romantic ne'er-do-well.
- Police Lieutenant
- (as Henry Morgan)
- Saleswoman
- (uncredited)
- Saleswoman
- (uncredited)
- Girl
- (uncredited)
- New Year's Celebrant
- (uncredited)
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Man Entering Nightclub
- (uncredited)
- Elevator Operator
- (uncredited)
- Man
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAlthough this modest film was not a success at the time, annual showings on Turner Classic Movies in recent years have made this film something of a minor holiday classic.
- GoofsWhen Timmy opens the box containing the train set his mother buys, he quickly re-wraps the box leaving a small amount of the tissue paper hanging on the outside of the box. In the next scene, the paper is not hanging outside the box.
- Quotes
Steve Mason: Carl isn't the real threat to me. Maybe I'm not to him. This isn't two fellows and a girl, you know. This is two fellows, a girl and her husband. I can't fight a shadow - I tried - competition's too tough. You were even going to play it safe and settle for someone you didn't love so you wouldn't be unfaithful to your husband.
Connie Ennis: Oh, you're always so wrong about me. I have a wonderful memory of a husband and a marriage. You're trying to take it away from me.
Steve Mason: Nobody wants to do that. I know. I'm sure Carl doesn't. All anybody wants is for you to live in the present and not be afraid of the future. You know, maybe it could happen again if you quit pretending that something that's dead is still alive.
Connie Ennis: Oh, alright, if it will make you any happier, you're a fortune teller. You're absolutely right about me all the time. I want everything just the way it is - Mrs. Status Quo. Just me and Timmy - no changes.
Steve Mason: And I want a girl that'll drop everything and run to me, no matter what the score is.
- Alternate versionsAlso shown in a computer-colorized version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
Through this admittedly thin plot, there are lots of opportunities for Mitchum to be both charming and irritating, and long before the end you can see where Leigh is going to be by the end. But as a Christmas movie, with the atmosphere and the sheer class of Mitchum and Leigh, this really is a pearl and not to be missed.
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- Christmas Gift
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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