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The Shop Around the Corner
Why this pick
Its wintry Budapest shop setting, gentle workplace misunderstandings, and slow-blooming romance share Holiday Affair’s sophisticated warmth and faith in everyday kindness.
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MOVIE1949 1h 27m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Steve Mason (Robert Mitchum), a veteran and drifter, is employed as a clerk during the Christmas season at Crowley's, a New York department store. He suspects customer Connie Ennis (Janet Leigh) of being a comparative shopper for a rival store when she buys an expensive toy train set without asking a single question about it. That night, her son Timmy (Gordon Gebert) becomes excited when he sneaks a peek at what he thinks is his present, only to be disappointed when his mother sets him straight. When Connie returns the train the next day, Steve tells her of his suspicions and that he should report her to the store detective, which would lead to her firing. After she explains that she is a war widow with a son to support, Steve refunds her money, a gesture that costs him his job.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Wendell Corey
Carl Davis
Gordon Gebert
Timmy Ennis
Larry J. Blake
Plainclothesman
Harry Morgan
Police Lieutenant
Esther Dale
Mrs. Ennis
Janet Leigh
Connie Ennis
Robert Mitchum
Steve Mason
Griff Barnett
Mr. Ennis