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.
- 6.8
- 1949
- Released
- 1h 27m
Robert Mitchum
Steve Mason
Janet Leigh
Connie Ennis
Wendell Corey
Carl Davis
Griff Barnett
Mr. Ennis
Esther Dale
Mrs. Ennis
Henry O'Neill
Mr. Crowley
Harry Morgan
Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
Larry J. Blake
Plainclothesman
Helen Brown
Emily
Gordon Gebert
Timmy Ennis
Pat Barton
Saleswoman (uncredited)Genevieve Bell
Saleswoman (uncredited)
Melinda Casey
Girl (uncredited)
Chick Chandler
New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Waiter (uncredited)James Conaty
Man Entering Nightclub (uncredited)Yvonne Crossley
Elevator Operator (uncredited)Michka Egan
Man (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Elevator Operator (uncredited)Louise Franklin
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
James Griffith
Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)Patricia Hall
Clerk (uncredited)Jimmy Hawkins
Boy in Park (uncredited)Mame Henderson
Clerk (uncredited)Billy Henry
Boy (uncredited)
Jimmy Hunt
Boy Looking at Crowley's Trains (uncredited)Frank Johnson
Santa Claus (uncredited)
Jack Kelly
Drunk on Train (uncredited)Genevieve Kendall
Clerk (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Man (uncredited)Robert Lyden
Boy (uncredited)Allen Mathews
Mr. Gow (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Bum in Park (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Mary (uncredited)Philip Morris
Train Conductor (uncredited)Al Murphy
Man (uncredited)William J. O'Brien
Peanut Vendor (uncredited)Theodore Rand
Man (uncredited)Joey Ray
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Paula Raymond
Girl at Drinking Fountain (uncredited)Charles Regan
Man (uncredited)Al Rhein
Detective (uncredited)Sammy Shack
Man (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Department Store Clerk (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Henry (uncredited)
Harmon Stevens
Clerk (uncredited)
Mary Stewart
Girl (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Park Policeman (uncredited)
Released
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- #new year's eve
- #marriage proposal
- #love triangle
- #parent child relationship
- #department store
- #only child
- #little boy
- #single mother
- #missing child
- #necktie
- #holiday season
- #meant for each other
- #christmas
- #war widow
- #widowed mother
- #comparison shopper
- #electric train set
Reviews
This is one of Janet Leigh's more endearing roles - sandwiched, as she is, between the rather dull but reliable attorney "Carl" (Wendell Corey) and the slightly enigmatic "Mason" (Robert Mitchum). It starts when she, "Connie", engaged as a sort of modern day secret shopper, is unmasked in a department store by salesman who instead of dobbing her in, keeps quiet and gets fired for his troubles. The
All anybody wants is for you to live in the present and not be afraid of the future. Directed by Don Hartman and written by Isobel Lennart and John D. Weaver, Holiday Affair stars Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh and Wendell Corey. Story finds Leigh as Connie, a widower with a young son still trying to get over the death of her husband. Semi-courting the safe and reliable Carl (Corey), Connie's head