Christmas Eve

• Director: Stuart Cooper
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Family Drama
• Themes: Race Against Time
• Main Cast: Arthur Hill, Ron Leibman, Loretta Young
• Release Year: 1986
• Country: US
• Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

Christmas Eve was actually first telecast on December 22, 1986, but nobody cared about the "error" then, so why should we? Making her first television appearance in 23 years, Loretta Young (her ageless beauty undimmed by her silvery hair) plays a wealthy New York matriarch who learns that she is dying. This strengthens her determination to be reunited with her three grandchildren, whom she hasn't seen in 16 years thanks to a bitter argument with her avaricious son Arthur Hill. As Hill wages a court campaign to have Young declared incompetent and thus get his mitts on her millions, private eye Ron Leibman races against time to locate her lost grandkids before Christmas. Do you honestly think you'll get through Christmas Eve without a box of Kleenex handy? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Philip Akin - Mays; Bernard Behrens - Dean; Arthur Hill - Andrew; Trevor Howard - Maitland; Season Hubley - Melissa; James Kidnie - Waiter; Ron Leibman - Morris; Cec Linder - Dr. Greenspan; Kate Reid - Molly; Deborah Richter - Patti; Loretta Young - Amanda Kingsley; Charles Frank - Jamison; Wayne Best - Harley Kingsley; Patrick Cassidy - Josh

Credit

Tom Doherty - Art Director, Shelley Komarov - Costume Designer, Stuart Cooper - Director, Michael S. Murphy - Editor, Michael Filerman - Executive Producer, Johnny Mandel - Composer (Music Score), Douglas Higgins - Production Designer, Reginald Morris - Cinematographer, Karen Moore - Producer, Richard Landau - Screen Story, Laurence Stallings - Screen Story, Blanche Hanalis - Screenwriter

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It's a Wonderful Life; Steel Magnolias; Terms of Endearment; Family Reunion; The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story; Stepmom

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