Comedy Fantasy Drama
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
Directed by
Henry Koster
Cary Grant
Dudley
Elsa Lanchester
Matilda
David Niven
Henry Brougham
Loretta Young
Julia Brougham
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Hamilton
Regis Toomey
Mr. Miller
James Gleason
Sylvester
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Duffy
Monty Woolley
Professor Wutheridge
Almira Sessions
First Lady in Michel's
Robert J. Anderson
Defense Captain
Isabel Jewell
Hysterical Mother
Edgar Dearing
Policeman
Erville Alderson
Stevens
Karolyn Grimes
Debby Brougham
Tito Vuolo
Maggenti
Claire Du Brey
Second Lady in Michel's
Sara Haden
Mildred Cassaway
Dorothy Vaughan
Delia
Teddy Infuhr
Attack Captain
Eugene Borden
Michel
Margaret McWade
Miss Trumbull
Florence Auer
Third Lady in Michel's
Ellinor Vanderveer
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Sheryl Deauville
Singing Girl (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal
Mrs. Ward
Ben Erway
Mr. Perry
Margaret Wells
Hat Shop Proprietress
Kitty O'Neil
Hat Shop Customer
David Leonard
Blind Man
Dick Earle
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Edythe Elliott
Saleslady (uncredited)
Joseph J. Greene
Santa Claus (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Churchgoer (uncredited)

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