The Cheaters (1945)

Directed by

Joseph Kane

Genre

Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A washed-up actor gets invited to a rich family's Christmas dinner. The story follows how his presence shakes up their holiday.

lightheartedwarmwhimsicalfestivescrewballbittersweetnostalgiccharming

What happens

The Cheaters (1945), also known as MR. M. and the Pigeons, The Amazing MR. M., The Magnificent Mr. M. and The Magnificent Rogue, is a Christmas "screwball comedy" tale about a has-been actor invited to Christmas dinner by a rich family. The film was atypical of the Republic Pictures studio, directed by Joseph Kane and starring Joseph Schildkraut. The film was re-released in 1949 under a new title, The Castaway, and when the Republic film catalogue was sold in the 1950s as late night television fodder, it appeared consistently for years as a Christmas staple throughout the 1960s and 1970s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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