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Screenwriter Mark Christopher gets a Christmas present that isn't on his Santa list: a 17-year-old delinquent named Susan, deposited in his bachelor pad by a cop pal who doesn't want to see the kid spend Christmas behind bars.
Touched by Susan's plight, Mark decides there's only one way to keep her out of juvie: marry her in name only and get an annulment when she comes of age. But after a Vegas elopement, Susan isn't so sure she wants to be the ex-Mrs. Christopher.
Dick Powell (in his last film role before devoting himself to a hugely successful TV career) and Debbie Reynolds play the (maybe) mismatched couple in a big-hearted romantic comedy from animator-turned-director Frank Tashlin that makes merry use of its Yuletide setting.
Original Release
07/28/1954
US Release
07/28/1954
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Powell | Mark Christopher |
Debbie Reynolds | Susan Beaurgard Landis |
Anne Francis | Isabella Alexander |
Glenda Farrell | Maude Snodgrass |
Alvy Moore | Virgil, Mark's Gofer / Virgil |
Horace McMahon | Sergeant Monty Maizel |
Herb Vigran | Sergeant Sam Hanlon |
Les Tremayne | Harvey Butterworth, Mark's Lawyer / Harvey Butterworth |
Rita Johnson | Dr. Rawley, Harvey's Shrink / Dr. Rawley |
Maidie Norman | Georgette, Mark's Maid / Georgette |
Directors
Writers
Frank Tashlin, Alex Gottlieb, Steve Fisher
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Powell | Mark Christopher |
Debbie Reynolds | Susan Beaurgard Landis |
Anne Francis | Isabella Alexander |
Glenda Farrell | Maude Snodgrass |
Alvy Moore | Virgil, Mark's Gofer / Virgil |
Horace McMahon | Sergeant Monty Maizel |
Herb Vigran | Sergeant Sam Hanlon |
Les Tremayne | Harvey Butterworth, Mark's Lawyer / Harvey Butterworth |
Rita Johnson | Dr. Rawley, Harvey's Shrink / Dr. Rawley |
Maidie Norman | Georgette, Mark's Maid / Georgette |
Lela Bliss | Woman in Elevator / Intoxicated Woman in Elevator |
Daws Butler | Actor on TV |
Ken Carpenter | Oscar Narrator |
Ellen Corby | Coffee Shop Waitress |
June Foray | Actress on TV / Actress on TV (voice) |
Rudy Germane | Nightclub Patron |
Art Gilmore | The Oscar |
Barry Norton | Nightclub Patron |
Louella Parsons | Telephone Interviewer |
Murray Pollack | Nightclub Patron |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Harriet Parsons | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1955 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |
1955 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |