Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone
Fred MacMurray
Jack Sargent
Beulah Bondi
Mrs. Sargent
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Emma "Emmie"
Willard Robertson
Francis X. O'Leary
Sterling Holloway
Willie Simms
Charles Waldron
Judge in New York
Paul Guilfoyle
District Attorney
Charles Arnt
Tom
John Wray
Hank
Thomas W. Ross
Mr. Emory
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Rufus
Tom Kennedy
'Fat' Mike
Georgia Caine
Lee's Mother, Mrs. Malone
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Emory
Spencer Charters
Judge at Rummage Sale
Jean Acker
Jury Member (uncredited)
Ambrose Barker
Customs Official (uncredited)
John Beck
Lee's Stepfather (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Avril Cameron
Jury Member (uncredited)
Chester Clute
Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
Frank Conklin
Jury Member (uncredited)
Harry Depp
Jury Member (uncredited)
Edmund Elton
Minister (uncredited)
Julia Faye
Jury Member (uncredited)
James Flavin
Court Attendant (uncredited)
George Guhl
Court Guard (uncredited)
Beth Hartman
Jury Member (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Jury Member (uncredited)
Fuzzy Knight
Bandleader at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Townswoman at Rummage Sale (uncredited)
Kate Drain Lawson
Jail Matron (uncredited)
Martha Mears
Nightclub Singer (uncredited)
George Melford
Brian the Bailiff (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Jury Member (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Jury Member (uncredited)
Bernard Suss
Jury Member (uncredited)
Julius Tannen
Jury Member (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Judge's Wife (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Court Reporter (uncredited)
Roy Crane
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Jon Dodson
Nightclub Singer #3 (uncredited)
Harry Evans
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Bud Linn
Nightclub Singer #4 (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Earl Pingree
Jury Member (uncredited)
Paul Power
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Rad Robinson
Nightclub Singer #2 (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Katherine Yorke
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Crew
A. E. Freudeman
Interior Designer, Set Decoration
Mitchell Leisen
Director, Producer
Preston Sturges
Screenplay
Doane Harrison
Editor
Ted Tetzlaff
Director of Photography
Hal Walker
Assistant Director
William LeBaron
Executive Producer
Albert Lewis
Producer
John Zinn
Casting
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Dorothy Ponedel
Makeup Artist
Earl S. Hayman
Sound Recordist
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Friedrich Hollaender
Original Music Composer
LeRoy Prinz
Choreographer
Irvin Talbot
Conductor
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Roland Anderson
Art Direction
Charles Bradshaw
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
Eugene Joseff
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