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The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002)  link to The Man Who Saved Christmas on IMDb  

Number: 277

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IMDb Rating:
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6.6/10 (373 votes)

Country: USA,

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, War, Family, Biography

Director(s): Sturla Gunnarsson

Cast: Jason Alexander (as A.C. Gilbert), Kelly Rowan (as Mary), Ari Cohen (as Frank Gilbert), C. David Johnson (as Sam Ryder), Jayne Eastwood (as Mrs. Gilbert)

Medium: Unknown,

Plot Outline: Although their own father, bank Charles, refuses them a loan to start a novelty American toys company to rival the established German import, the brothers A.C. and Frank succeed, especially with constructive and educational products. When the US gets dragged into Word War I, Frank enlists and Franklin Roosevelt's government recruits A.C. as consultant to convert factories like theirs for the war effort. Yet his gifted preteen son, whose schoolmates meanly turned on the 'Christmas killer's kid', ends up convincing him to refuse canceling Christmas and even resume toy production.

Location: E12

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3