It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (film) explained

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]

Plot

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]

Cast

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Movies: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984) . https://web.archive.org/web/20091228130823/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/63616/It-Came-Upon-the-Midnight-Clear/overview. dead. December 28, 2009. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Jason Ankeny. 2009. December 3, 2013.
  2. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341424/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341424/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk