| Genre: | Drama Family |
| Director: | Peter H. Hunt |
| Producer: | George Schenck |
| Starring: | Mickey Rooney Scott Grimes |
| Location: | New York City Los Angeles |
| Music: | Arthur B. Rubinstein |
| Cinematography: | Dean Cundey |
| Editor: | Jerrold L. Ludwig |
| Company: | Schenck/Cardea Productions Columbia Pictures Television HGV |
| Country: | United States |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes |
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear is a 1984 American made-for-television Christmas drama film starring Mickey Rooney and Scott Grimes.[1]
The film centers on Mike Halligan (Mickey Rooney), a retired cop, who suffers a fatal heart attack while putting up Christmas lights days before Christmas. While waiting in the queue before the gates of Heaven he makes a deal with an archangel to return to life on Earth for a few more days in order to fulfill a promise to take his grandson (Scott Grimes) to New York City for the Christmas holidays. In exchange, he has to find a wayward angel (William Griffis) and tries to restore the Christmas Spirit to New York City.[2]