Simply wonderful holiday yarn starring Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes. This is a heartwarming 1949 film dealing with the true meaning of holiday giving.
When Joe Miracle returns from the war, he discovers that his nightclub has been taken over by the mob and his partner killed.
Joe, Ford, takes the money back that belongs to him and of course the mob pursues him.
Joe takes refuge in a friend's home. The latter is quite eccentric, but who is aided by Evelyn Keyes, a settlement worker who mistakes the guy for Joe.
Joe hides out in the settlement house and practices good deeds by helping those less fortunate. Naturally, romance blossoms between Joe and the Keyes character.
The mob remains in pursuit and Joe takes a bullet for his efforts. He probably survived but we're not 100% positive of that.
The two matronly older settlement workers here are Beulah Bondi and Clara Blandick, the latter remembered as Auntie Em in "The Wizard of Oz."
Percy Kilbride provides comic relief as a resident in the place spewing forth his practical philosophical ideas.
A heartwarming tale depicting the basic good in man and how it is restored.
When Joe Miracle returns from the war, he discovers that his nightclub has been taken over by the mob and his partner killed.
Joe, Ford, takes the money back that belongs to him and of course the mob pursues him.
Joe takes refuge in a friend's home. The latter is quite eccentric, but who is aided by Evelyn Keyes, a settlement worker who mistakes the guy for Joe.
Joe hides out in the settlement house and practices good deeds by helping those less fortunate. Naturally, romance blossoms between Joe and the Keyes character.
The mob remains in pursuit and Joe takes a bullet for his efforts. He probably survived but we're not 100% positive of that.
The two matronly older settlement workers here are Beulah Bondi and Clara Blandick, the latter remembered as Auntie Em in "The Wizard of Oz."
Percy Kilbride provides comic relief as a resident in the place spewing forth his practical philosophical ideas.
A heartwarming tale depicting the basic good in man and how it is restored.