The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Metacritic63/100
94 audience votes
Key crew
- Isobel LennartScreenplay
- Don HartmanDirector
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert MitchumSteve Mason
- Janet LeighConnie Ennis
- Wendell CoreyCarl Davis
- Griff BarnettMr. Ennis
- Esther DaleMrs. Ennis
- Henry O'NeillMr. Crowley
- Harry MorganPolice Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
- Larry J. BlakePlainclothesman
- Helen BrownEmily
- Gordon GebertTimmy Ennis
- Pat BartonSaleswoman (uncredited)
- Genevieve BellSaleswoman (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
new year's evemarriage proposallove triangleparent child relationshipdepartment storeonly childlittle boysingle mothermissing childnecktieholiday seasonmeant for each other