..who also directed the festive horror film Black Christmas. This is the product of loved American writer and broadcaster Jean Shepherd, who also narrates the film (there's rather too much narration) and wrote the book of small town Americana 'In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash' (1962) on which it is based. Although most of the cast and crew are unfamiliar (it came out under the MGM label) clearly money has been spent on its recreation of the 1940s.
Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley.
It's warm but real (soap, swearing, dogs, Chinese Christmas).
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