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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

1984 · 96 min

A gentle, sentimental holiday fable that mixes warm grandfatherly charm with a touch of heavenly whimsy.

Overview
Retired cop Mike Halligan decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real white Christmas in New York is like. But a sudden fatal heart attack derails those plans, and Halligan makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week until Christmas in order to give his grandson the seasonal glories of New York City.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • faith
  • redemption
  • death
  • love
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism4
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
tv movie, drama, fantasy
Directed by
Peter H. Hunt
Written by
Frank Cardea, George Schenck
Starring
Mickey Rooney, Scott Grimes, Barrie Youngfellow, George Gaynes, Gary Bayer, William Griffis, Christina Pickles, Hamilton Camp
Cinematography
Dean Cundey
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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