| Holiday Affair | |
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| Directed by | Don Hartman |
| Produced by | Don Hartman |
| Written by | John D. Weaver (story) Isobel Lennart (screenplay) |
| Starring | Robert Mitchum Janet Leigh |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Editing by | Harry Marker |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 24, 1949 |
| Running time | 87 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Holiday Affair is a black-and-white 1949 romantic comedy film starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh. The film, directed and produced by Don Hartman, saw Mitchum expand from his typical roles in film noir and war films. Set during the Christmas season, the film became a minor holiday classic, though it has since been forgotten and is less well known as other films, such as It's a Wonderful Life.
Plot
Steve Mason (Robert Mitchum), a veteran and drifter employed as a clerk at a department store, is fired after letting widowed comparative shopper Connie Ennis (Janet Leigh) return a toy train set. Mason ultimately buys the train for Connie's son Timmy (Gordon Gebert), and the unemployed Mason and the widow gradually fall for each other. Complicating their love, however, is Connie's wealthy but impassive fiancee (Wendell Corey).
Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Steve Mason
- Janet Leigh as Connie Ennis
- Wendell Corey as Carl Davis
- Gordon Gebert as Timmy Ennis
- Griff Barnett as Mr. Ennis
- Esther Dale as Mrs. Ennis
- Henry O'Neill as Mr. Crowley
- Harry Morgan as Police Lieutenant
