Mr. Krueger's Christmas

American TV series or program
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
Written byE.F. Wallengren
Story byMichael H. McLean
Allan Henderson
J. Scott Iverson
Directed byKieth Merrill
StarringJames Stewart
Narrated byGordon Jump
Music byWilliam J. Evans
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersJohn G. Kinnear
Stephen B. Allen
ProducerMichael H. McLean
CinematographyJeremy Lepard
EditorStephen Johnson
Running time26 minutes
Production companyBonneville Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseDecember 21, 1980 (1980-12-21)

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.

Synopsis

Willy Krueger is 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.[1]

Cast

  • James Stewart as Willy Krueger
  • Beverly Rowland as Lead Caroller
  • Kamee Aliessa as Clarissa
  • Tamara Fowler as Clarissa's mother
  • Tyson Lewis as Baby Jesus
  • Gordon Jump as Narrator

Production

Parts of the special were shot in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2]

See also

  • LDS Church portal

References

  1. ^ Hall, Airen (October 2012). "Melodrama on a Mission: Latter-Day Saint Film and the Melodramatic Mode". Journal of Religion and Film. 16 (2): 19–22.
  2. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

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