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
David Niven
Henry Brougham
Claire Du Brey
Second Lady in Michel's
Isabel Jewell
Hysterical Mother
Loretta Young
Julia Brougham
Elsa Lanchester
Matilda
Cary Grant
Dudley
James Gleason
Sylvester
Robert J. Anderson
Defense Captain
Regis Toomey
Mr. Miller
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Hamilton
Sara Haden
Mildred Cassaway
Edgar Dearing
Policeman
Ellinor Vanderveer
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Monty Woolley
Professor Wutheridge
Eugene Borden
Michel
Karolyn Grimes
Debby Brougham
Tito Vuolo
Maggenti
Erville Alderson
Stevens
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Duffy
Almira Sessions
First Lady in Michel's
Teddy Infuhr
Attack Captain
Sheryl Deauville
Singing Girl (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Delia
Margaret McWade
Miss Trumbull
Adolph Faylauer
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Florence Auer
Third Lady in Michel's
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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