Der Weihnachtswunsch (1950)
Die Artistenfamilie Amendola steckt kurz vor Weihnachten in größeren finanziellen Schwierigkeiten, hat aber das Glück, zumindest eine neue Wohnung zu finden. Ihr Vermieter Dingle hat die Angewohnheit, sein Geld im Gebälk zu verstecken, womit er sich bei dem Eichhörnchen Rupert unbeliebt macht, das sich dort eingenistet hat. Nicht bereit, die Verschmutzung seines Heims zu ertragen, entsorgt Rupert das Geld in der Wohnung der Amendolas, die über den unerwarteten Geldsegen außer sich vor Freude geraten.
Der Regisseur:
Irving Pichel
Der Autor:
László Vadnay
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Jimmy Durante as Mr. Louie Amendola |
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Terry Moore as Rosalinda Amendola |
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Tom Drake as Peter 'Pete' Dingle |
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Frank Orth as Mr. Frank Dingle |
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Sara Haden as Mrs. Katie 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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Rupert as Himself the Squirrel |
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Hugh Sanders as Mulligan |
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Don Beddoe as Mr. Haggerty |
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Frank Cady as Mr. Taney - Tax Investigator |
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Candy Candido as Molineri - Florist |
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Clancy Cooper as Police Lt. Saunders |
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Harold Goodwin as Callahan - F.B.I. Man |
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Lester Dorr as Eddie, the Bartender (uncredited) |
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Kenner G. Kemp as Passerby in Park (uncredited) |
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Frank Marlowe as Dave the Mailman (uncredited) |
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Torben Meyer as Mr. Petrushka the Baker (uncredited) |
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Ralph Montgomery as Fireman (uncredited) |
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Irving Pichel as Puzzled Pedestrian (uncredited) |
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Harry Strang as Fire Chief (uncredited) |
| Directing | Irving Pichel | Director |
| Writing | László Vadnay | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harry Crane | Writer |
| Writing | James O'Hanlon | Writer |
| Writing | Ted Allan | Story |
| Sound | Leith Stevens | Music |
| Sound | Clarence Wheeler | Orchestrator |
| Production | Lewis J. Rachmil | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | William H. Lynch | Sound |
| Crew | Curly Twiford | Animal Coordinator |
| Art | Ernst Fegté | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Ray | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Joseph Kish | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Flora James | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Harold Godsoe | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Rachmil | Costumer |
| Camera | Maurice Goldberg | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Duke Goldstone | Editor |
| Camera | Lionel Lindon | Director of Photography |
| Production | George Pal | Producer |