Holiday Affair (1949)
Release Date: Dec 24, 1949 Wide
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A disarming little trifle, Holiday Affair has in the years since its original release become a Yuletide perennial on television. War widow Janet Leigh hasn't the money to buy the model train that her son Gordon Gebert wants for Christmas. Robert Mitchum overhears the boy's plight, and offers to purchase the train for him, even though it will deplete his own money supply. This little gesture of kindness from Mitchum snowballs into a series of comic complications, thanks in part to the unwelcome
Dec 24, 1949 Wide
Nov 11, 2008
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Cast
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Robert Mitchum
Steve Mason -
Janet Leigh
Connie Ennis -
Wendell Corey
Carl Davis -
Griff Barnett
Mr. Ennis -
Esther Dale
Mrs. Ennis -
Henry O'Neill
Mr. Crowley -
Henry Morgan
Police Lieutenant -
Larry J. Blake
Plainclothesman -
Helen Brown
Emily -
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Gordon Geberl
Timmy Ennis -
James Griffith
Floorwalker -
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Frances Morris
Housekeeper -
Philip Morris
Conductor (uncredited) -
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Frank E. Johnson
Santa Claus -
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Allen Mathews
Mr. Gow -
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All Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (0)
Mitchum's interplay with Leigh is a sweet treat, carrying the movie through its more routine segments.
It's perfect for those who like their holiday films retro, sweet and as laid-back as Mitchum.
Audience Reviews for Holiday Affair
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- 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.
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