Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980)
26m
Running Time
December 21, 1980Release Date
Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980)
26m
Running Time
December 21, 1980Release Date
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Plot.
Willy Krueger, a lonely and aging widower, lives in a basement apartment with only his cat George for company. Finishing his work for the day as the custodian for the building, he ventures out on Christmas Eve to buy a tree and on the way, he imagines he is a well-dressed gentleman while peering at some fine tailoring in a shop window along the snowy street. Returning home, he falls asleep listening to an LP by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, dreaming that he is conducting them in carols of the season. Awakening to find some carollers outside his window, he beckons them to visit him offering hot chocolate, but they leave after only one song. In trimming the tree, he places upon it the mittens left behind by Clarissa, the youngest of the carolling group. Handling figures of the small nativity beneath his tree, Willy finds himself in the manger for the very first Christmas.
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Cast & Crew.
James Stewart
Mr. Krueger
Beverly Rowland
Lead Caroller
Gordon Jump
Narrator
Kamee Aliessa
Clarissa
Tamara Fowler
Clarissa's Mother
Kieth Merrill
Director
Oscar Rowland
Tree Salesman
Tyson Lewis
Baby Jesus
Alan Henderson
Writer
J. Scott Iverson
Writer
Darro Glissmeyer
Caroller
Michael McLean
Writer
Michael McLean
Writer
Rolando González
Caroller
Leslie Peery Howa
Salvation Army Lady
Ernie Wallengren
Writer
Rita Jensen
Caroller
William J. Evans
Composer
Alan Nash
Mr. Holloway
Stephen L. Johnson
Editor
Karl Wesson
Casting
Paul Nibley
Set Decoration
Louis Lane
Makeup Artist
John C. Kinnear
Executive Producer
Stephen B. Allen
Executive Producer
Jeremy Lepard
Director of Photography
Thomas Pratt
Art Direction
Diane F. Memmott
Hairstylist
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 21, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time26m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsSalt Lake City, United States of America
Genres
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Wiki.
Mr. Krueger's Christmas is a 1980 American Christmas short television film produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, starring James Stewart, directed by Kieth Merrill, with story by Michael H. McLean, and featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was first broadcast on NBC on December 21, 1980.