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Deanna Durbin
Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin
Gene Kelly
Robert Manette
Richard Whorf
Simon Fenimore
Dean Harens
Charles Mason
Gladys George
Valerie de Merode
Gale Sondergaard
Mrs. Manette
David Bruce
Gerald Tyler
Ruth Cherrington
Minor Watson
Townsend
Neal Dodd
Minister
Robert Homans
Policeman
James Flavin
Policeman
Charles McMurphy
Policeman
Cy Kendall
Teddy Jordan
Eddie Dunn
Detective
Charles Cane
Detective
Charles Jordan
Bailiff
Larry Steers
Juryman
Heinie Conklin
Juryman
Cyril Ring
Juryman
Arthur Stuart Hull
Juryman
Frank Austin
Juryman
Jim Farley
Juryman
Jack C. Smith
Juryman
John Hamilton
Foreman
Oliver Blake
Lawyer
George Irving
Judge
John Berkes
Waiter
Frank Marlowe
Bellboy
Joseph Crehan
Steve, the bartender
Edwin Stanley
Room Clerk
Louise Currie
Stewardess
Clyde Fillmore
Colonel

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A review by John Chard

7.5

Written by John Chard on Sat Dec 27 2014

Christmas Holiday (1944) Vacationing with the troubled and the forlorn. Christmas Holiday is directed by Robert Siodmak and adapted to screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz from the novel of the same name written by W. Somerset Maugham. It stars Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Dean Harens, Gale Sondergaard and Gladys George. Music is by Hans J. Salter and cinematography by Elwood Bredell. The title is a bit of a bum steer, the presence of Durbin and Kelly a splendid slice of red herring casting, and the written notices on the internet announce that the source material was watere...