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With Christmas Eve just around the corner, fading song-and-dance performer Joe Mahoney finds himself forced to part ways with his extraordinary, indispensable, kilt-wearing companion Rupert, the squirrel. In the meantime, another struggling vaudevillian, Louie Amendola, moves into the cold flat of miserly landlord Frank Dingle with his family, unbeknownst to them that an unexpected Christmas miracle is about to take place. However, as the underemployed Amendolas have a taste of the good life thanks to the godsent gift, the police start to suspect foul play. Does stealthy Rupert have something to do with their newfound happiness?
A Christmas Wish is a heartwarming holiday classic about a New York family (led by Durante) who is down on their luck at Christmas time. Shortly before Christmas, they move into a ground floor apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just when it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the familys guardian angel, not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever. The film is enlivened with the warmth and sweetness of an unforgettable love story between Terry Moore (of Mighty Joe Young) and Tom Drake (of Meet Me in St. Louis). Rupert the Squirrel (created using George Pals Academy Award winning animation technique) will charm young and old alike. Jimmy Durante shines when he sings Jingle Bells and other well-loved Christmas carols in the evocative voice that made him one of Americas recording legends.
Jimmy Durante
Mr. Louie Amendola
Terry Moore
Rosalinda Amendola
Tom Drake
Peter 'Pete' Dingle
Frank Orth
Mr. Frank Dingle
Sara Haden
Mrs. Katie Dingle
Queenie Smith
Mrs. Amendola
Chick Chandler
Phil Davis
Jimmy Conlin
Joe Mahoney
Rupert
Rupert the Squirrel
Hugh Sanders
Mulligan
Don Beddoe
Mr. Haggerty
Candy Candido
Molineri - Florist
Clancy Cooper
Police Lt. Saunders
Harold Goodwin
Callahan - FBI Man
Frank Cady
Mr. Taney - Tax Investigator
Walter Bacon
Pedestrian
Lester Dorr
Eddie - the Bartender
Kenner G. Kemp
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