Christmas Holiday

IMDb link: 0036711
IMDb rating: 6.4 (1,865 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Robert Siodmak
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Dean Harens and others

Release date: 31 Jul 1944
Release year: 1944
Runtime: 93 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: christmas, new orleans louisiana, nightclub singer, army lieutenant, u.s. army officer, chanteuse, telegram, jilted lover, escaped prisoner, mother in law daughter in law relationship

Plot:

Inclement weather forces Lt. Charles Mason to spend Christmas in New Orleans. Recently dumped by his girlfriend, the depressed Lieutenant falls in with Jackie Lamont, a singer who works at a nightclub and brothel. After they attend midnight Mass together, she tells him her story: Her real name is Abigail and she fell in love with Robert Manette. After six months of happy married life, Robert was arrested for murder, but Abigail can't help loving her no-good husband.

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