Holiday Affair (1949)

NR12/12/1949Comedy, Romance, Drama1h 27m
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It happens in December... but it's hotter than July!

Overview

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.

Top Billed Cast

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    Robert Mitchum

    Steve Mason

  2. Cast 1

    Janet Leigh

    Connie Ennis

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    Wendell Corey

    Carl Davis

  4. Cast 1

    Griff Barnett

    Mr. Ennis

  5. Cast 1

    Esther Dale

    Mrs. Ennis

  6. Cast 1

    Henry O'Neill

    Mr. Crowley

  7. Cast 1

    Harry Morgan

    Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)

  8. Cast 1

    Larry J. Blake

    Plainclothesman

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    Helen Brown

    Emily

All anybody wants is for you to live in the present and not be afraid of the future. Directed by Don Hartman and written by Isobel Lennart and John D. Weaver, Holiday Affair stars Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh and Wendell Corey. Story finds Leigh as Connie, a widower with a young son still trying to get over the death of her husband. Semi-courting the safe and reliable Carl (Corey), Connie's head is spun when she meets the more macho and up-front Steve (Mitchum). This is all she needs at Christmas time! A lovely Christmas Cracker of a movie, Holiday Affair never over eggs the eggnog with t...