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18/11/1983 Comedy, Family 1h 33m
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A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas.

Overview

The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.

  1. Bob Clark

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Melinda Dillon

    Mother

  2. Darren McGavin

    The Old Man

  3. Peter Billingsley

    Ralphie

  4. Jean Shepherd

    Ralphie as an Adult (voice)

  5. Ian Petrella

    Randy

  6. Scott Schwartz

    Flick

  7. R.D. Robb

    Schwartz

  8. Tedde Moore

    Miss Shields

  9. Yano Anaya

    Grover Dill

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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto
Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2024-01-23
**Without no doubt, a good film, where things work very well in a very simple way.**

When we talk about Christmas-themed films, the choice is so huge that the difficult part has been showing things that are substantially different or original. What this film does is simply tell us a good story… and it works like that! It's not a film that enchants us, and I, personally, hardly see myself seeing it again. But the fact is that it manages to be much better than a lot of the rubbish that appears around Christmas.

The script is simple and so direct that it can be summed up in one sentence: ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,300,000.00

Revenue
$20,700,000.00

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