Directed by:
Mitchell LeisenCinematography:
Ted TetzlaffComposer:
Friedrich HollaenderCast:
Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Willard Robertson, Sterling Holloway, Paul Guilfoyle, Charles Arnt, John Wray (more)Plots(1)
Lee Leander (Stanwyck) is a petty shoplifter on trial for swiping an expensive bracelet from a local jewelry store. When her trial is postponed until after New Year's, sympathetic Assistant District Attorney John Sargent (MacMurray) bails her out of jail. Together, they find themselves falling in love when he invites her to his family's home for the holidays where she discovers the warmth and love she's never had but always wanted. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Barbara Stanwyck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/423/162423656_154a6e.png)
Barbara Stanwyck
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Fred MacMurray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/423/162423654_be4a2c.png)
Fred MacMurray
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Apartment (1960)
![Beulah Bondi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505191_55ccb6.jpg)
Beulah Bondi
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
![Elizabeth Patterson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/055/126/55126064_80fe73.jpg)
Elizabeth Patterson
USA
Best movies:
Little Women (1949)
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
![Willard Robertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948641_3d46a4.jpg)
Willard Robertson
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
To Each His Own (1946)
![Sterling Holloway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499981_b48bf4.jpg)
Sterling Holloway
USA
Best movies:
Bambi (1942)
Dumbo (1941)
The Jungle Book (1967)
![Paul Guilfoyle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/759/160759989_c1ed2a.jpg)
Paul Guilfoyle
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
![Charles Arnt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/964/160964289_810f18.jpg)
Charles Arnt
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![John Wray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/594/161594973_8d7618.jpg)
John Wray
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Tom Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162538_adf582.jpg)
Tom Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Monkey Business (1931)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
![Virginia Brissac](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/333/158333193_284adb.jpg)
Virginia Brissac
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
The Little Foxes (1941)
![Spencer Charters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559620_d5362f.jpg)
Spencer Charters
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
George Melford
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![James Flavin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000167_c82328.jpg)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Chester Clute](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922845_d7b18f.jpg)
Chester Clute
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
![Fuzzy Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319187_e32f89.jpg)
Fuzzy Knight
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
The Plainsman (1936)
![Pat O'Malley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011776_193276.jpg)
Pat O'Malley
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
![Milton Kibbee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/074/160074669_c8a9e1.jpg)
Milton Kibbee
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Brooks Benedict](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/310/160310879_7d6cd0.jpg)
Brooks Benedict
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Florence Wix
UK
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)