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Mr. Krueger's Christmas is a american film of genre Drama directed by Kieth Merrill released in USA on 21 december 1980 with James Stewart
Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980)
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Add to a movie listMr. Krueger's Christmas is a 1980 Christmas short film produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints starring James Stewart, directed by Kieth Merrill and featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was broadcast on NBC on December 21, 1980.
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James Stewart plays Willy Krueger, a widowed apartment janitor who lives in a basement flat with his cat George. On a cold Christmas Eve, he daydreams to escape his lonely life: he muses about being a man of culture and means, an ice dance at Temple Square, a sleigh ride, as well as the conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and also imagines himself in the stable with Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus.Actors
James Stewart
(Mr. Krueger)
Gordon Jump
(Narrator)
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