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Each Christmas, an industrial tycoon and his family travel from New York City to Florida to spend the holiday season in the sun, and while they are gone, a philosophical homeless man takes up residence in the millionaire's Fifth Avenue mansion.
Letting himself in through a hole in the fence, he puts on designer clothes, smokes expensive cigars, eats gourmet food, and opens up the townhouse to his homeless friends so that they, too, can share in the holiday spirit.
When the real homeowner's daughter returns to NYC early and discovers the house has been taken over, the homeless haven is in danger of disappearing forever. However, the warm-hearted nature of the homeless intruders reinvigorates the unhappy wealthy family, and everyone succumbs to the true spirit of Christmas.
Starring Don DeFore, Victor Moore (Swing Time, The Seven Year Itch), Academy Award-nominee Ann Harding (Holiday, When Ladies Meet) and Emmy Award-nominee Charles Ruggles (Bringing Up Baby, The Parent Trap).
Original Release
04/17/1947
US Release
04/17/1947
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Don DeFore | Jim Bullock |
Ann Harding | Mary O'Connor |
Charles Ruggles | Michael J. O'Connor / Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor |
Victor Moore | Aloysius T. McKeever |
Gale Storm | Trudy O'Connor |
Grant Mitchell | Farrow / Al Farrow |
Edward Brophy | Cecil Felton / Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton |
Alan Hale Jr. | Whitey Temple |
Dorothea Kent | Margie Temple |
Edward Ryan | Hank |
Directors
Writers
Everett Freeman, Vick Knight, Herbert Clyde Lewis, Frederick Stephani, Ben Markson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Don DeFore | Jim Bullock |
Ann Harding | Mary O'Connor |
Charles Ruggles | Michael J. O'Connor / Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor |
Victor Moore | Aloysius T. McKeever |
Gale Storm | Trudy O'Connor |
Grant Mitchell | Farrow / Al Farrow |
Edward Brophy | Cecil Felton / Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton |
Alan Hale Jr. | Whitey Temple |
Dorothea Kent | Margie Temple |
Edward Ryan | Hank |
Cathy Carter | Alice |
Jean Andren | Secretary |
Johnny Arthur | Apartment Manager |
Florence Auer | Miss Parker |
Leon Belasco | Musician |
George Blagoi | Executive |
Chet Brandenburg | Man Tossing Pudding |
John Breen | Man Tossing Pudding |
James Cardwell | Young Man |
Chester Clute | Phillips |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Roy Del Ruth | Producer |
Joe Kaufmann | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1948 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story | Nominated |