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I'll Be Home For Christmas
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I'll Be Home For Christmas

1997-12-23 · 94 min · ★ 6.8

TV Movie · Comedy · Drama · Family · Romance

Christmas romance about long-separated high school sweethearts who find each other again after 20 years. She's never married and is a smalltown mayor; he's a widowed doctor and single dad who's come back to visit his father for the holidays and is pressured to stay because there's need for a local doc.

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Directors
Jerry London
Production companies
Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Pebblehut Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ann JillianAnn JillianSarah Gladstone
Robert HaysRobert HaysDr. Mike Greiser
Jack PalanceJack PalanceBob Greiser
Ashley GorrellAshley GorrellJilly Greiser
Linda SorensenSheriff Maggie
Eric PetersonEric PetersonDave
Bernard BehrensBernard BehrensHal
Tom HarveyHap
Jack JessopNick Gladstone
Frances HylandFrances HylandThelma Jenkins
Stan ColesA.L. Drysdale
Joan HeneyJoan HeneyEdith Drysdale
Diego MatamorosDiego MatamorosFred
Margaret WrightMary Jenkins
Ralph SmallRalph SmallClete Smith
Diane DouglasRuby Smith
Michael VollansMichael VollansGrady Smith
Boyd BanksBoyd BanksEthan
Yvonne MooreNurse Station #1
Drew CoombsWorkman

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