Characters & Themes
Christmas Eve (1947) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1947 · 93 mins · English
- Directed by
- Edwin L. Marin
- Starring
- John Litel, Konstantin Shayne, Joe Sawyer, George Raft, Reginald Denny, George Brent
Six months before Christmas, Matilda Reid’s greedy nephew schemes to have her declared incompetent to seize her fortune. Her only hope is a Christmas Eve reunion with her three long‑lost adopted sons. Michael, a bankrupt playboy; Mario, tangled with a Nazi war criminal; Jonathan, a hard‑drinking rodeo rider. Will they reunite in time to save Matilda?
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