Christmas in July

If you can't sleep at night, it isn't the coffee - it's the bunk!

7.019401h 7m

Released

Comedy

Romance

Overview

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

StatusReleased

Release Date1940-10-25

Runtime1h 7m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

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Christmas in July ≣ 1940 ≣ Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Dick Powell

as Jimmy McDonald

Ellen Drew

as Betsy Casey

Raymond Walburn

as Dr. Maxford

Alexander Carr

as Mr. Shindel

William Demarest

as Mr. Bildocker

Ernest Truex

as Mr. Baxter

Franklin Pangborn

as Don Hartman - Radio Announcer

Rod Cameron

as Dick

Adrian Morris

as Tom

Harry Rosenthal

as Harry

Reviews

John Chard

Dec 23, 2018

9/10

Smarter than you may at first think. On the surface this effort from the brilliant Preston Sturges looks like a standard sugar coated feel good movie, but strip away the outer skin and you get a delightful collage of comedy, romance, satire, drama, and nudge nudge observations about hunger of wealth and all the spin offs that wealth creates. …

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