A Christmas Wish (The Great Rupert) (1950)
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Jimmy Durante plays the patriarch of a down-on-their-luck family of acrobats, who suddenly finds a great deal of money hidden in his house amid the depths of the Great Depression. The authorities suspect Durante of being a thief, but in fact the culprit is a benevolent little squirrel named Rupert.… More Jimmy Durante plays the patriarch of a down-on-their-luck family of acrobats, who suddenly finds a great deal of money hidden in his house amid the depths of the Great Depression. The authorities suspect Durante of being a thief, but in fact the culprit is a benevolent little squirrel named Rupert. This clever critter has been pilfering money from the obnoxious, wealthy miser who lives in the adjoining house and who decided to stash most of his funds in the wall separating the two residences. The stop-motion animation is the handiwork of George Pal. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Irving Pichel
- Written By
- Laszlo Vadnay
- Genres
- Kids & Family, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 1, 1950 Wide
- Studio
- Legend Films
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Cast
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Jimmy Durante
as Mr. Amendola
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Terry Moore
as Rosalinda
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Tom Drake
as Peter Dingle
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Frank Orth
as Mr. Dingle
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Sara Haden
as Mrs. Dingle
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Queenie Smith
as Mrs. Amendola
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Chick Chandler
as Phil Davis
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Jimmy Conlin
as Joe Mahoney
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Hugh Sanders
as Mulligan
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Don Beddoe
as Mr. Haggerty
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Candy Candido
as Molineri
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Clancy Cooper
as Policeman
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Harold Goodwin
as FBI Man
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Frank Cady
as Tax Investigator
- Lester Dorr
- Frank Marlowe
- Torben Meyer
- Harry Strang
- Irving Pichel
