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Movie Info
When the coworkers of Jimmy MacDonald (Dick Powell) play a prank and trick him into thinking that's he's won the grand prize money in a slogan contest for a coffee company, he is thrilled and makes plans to marry his sweetheart, Betty Casey (Ellen Drew). To everyone's surprise, the coffee company owner, Dr. Maxford (Raymond Walburn), also falls for the prank and awards the prize check to Jimmy. Eventually the ruse is discovered, jeopardizing Jimmy and Betty's newfound happiness.
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Preston Sturges
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Producer: Paul Jones
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Writer: Preston Sturges
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Release Date (DVD):
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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Production Co: Paramount Pictures
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Sound Mix: Mono
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Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Flat (1.37:1)
Cast & Crew

Dick Powell
Jimmy MacDonald

Ellen Drew
Betty Casey

Raymond Walburn
Dr. Maxford

William Demarest
Mr. Bildocker

Ernest Truex
Mr. J.B. Baxter

Franklin Pangborn
Don Hartman, Radio Announcer

Harry Hayden
Mr. E.L. Waterbury, Office Manager

Rod Cameron
Dick, a Coworker

Michael Morris
Tom Darcy (co-worker)

Harry Rosenthal
Harry, a Coworker

Georgia Caine
Mrs. Ellen MacDonald

Ferike Boros
Mrs. Schwartz

Preston Sturges
Director

Preston Sturges
Writer

William LeBaron
Executive Producer

Paul Jones
Producer

Werner R. Heymann
Original Music

John Leipold
Original Music

Leo Shuken
Original Music

Victor Milner
Cinematographer

Ellsworth Hoagland
Film Editing

Hans Dreier
Art Director

A. Earl Hedrick
Art Director
Critic Reviews for Christmas in July
Audience Reviews for Christmas in July
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Sep 05, 2010This is a good movie. It's funny and sometimes sad too. The cast is good, and the story is nice. I enjoyed it.
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Dec 24, 2009Cute Preston Sturges, not his best but enjoyable.
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Apr 05, 2009<I>"If you can't sleep - it isn't the coffee, it's the bunk!"</I> A cruel practical joke gets out of hand when a lowly employee of a coffee company is duped into believing he has won $25,000 in a competition to invent a new corporate slogan. Nothing else in the film can quite match the hilarious and touching opening rooftop scene - in which Dick Powell's Jimmy tries to explain the law of averages and his dismal slogan to his bemused girlfriend (Ellen Drew) - though <I>Christmas in July</I> still manages to be a fairly delightful piece of minor Sturges. If the ironic ending can be seen from several miles away, Powell and Drew make such a charming double act it hardly matters.
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Dec 03, 2007A fun movie that seems to perfectly balance drama and slapstick comedy. The performances were enjoyable and the story was fun. Preston Sturges gained some momentum off of The Great McGinty and definitely built up and expanded upon here. A lot of fun moments, namely Powell and Drew's neighborhood attacking the businessmen. "It's not the coffee, it's the bunk!"
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