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Holiday Affair

1949 · 1h 27m · Comedy, Drama, Romance · United States of America · Rated U (GB)

It happens in December... but it's hotter than July!

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.

Directed by
Don Hartman
Written by
Isobel Lennart
Story by
John D. Weaver
Starring
Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, Griff Barnett
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christmascomparison shopperdepartment storeelectric train setholiday seasonlittle boylove trianglemarriage proposalmeant for each othermissing childnecktienew year's eveonly childparent child relationshipsingle motherwar widowwidowed mother
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