Mr. Krueger's Christmas Explained

Story:Michael H. McLean
Allan Henderson
J. Scott Iverson
Director:Kieth Merrill
Narrated:Gordon Jump
Starring:James Stewart
Music:William J. Evans
Country:United States
Language:English
Executive Producer:John G. Kinnear
Stephen B. Allen
Producer:Michael H. McLean
Editor:Stephen Johnson
Cinematography:Jeremy Lepard
Runtime:26 minutes
Company:Bonneville Productions
Network:NBC

Mr. Krueger's Christmas is a 1980 American Christmas short television film produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, starring James Stewart, directed by Kieth Merrill, with story by Michael H. McLean, and featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was first broadcast on NBC on December 21, 1980.

Synopsis

Willy Krueger is a widowed apartment janitor who lives in a basement flat with his cat George. On a cold Christmas Eve, he daydreams to escape his lonely life: he muses about being a man of culture and means, an ice dance at Temple Square, a sleigh ride, as well as the conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and also imagines himself in the stable with Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus.[1]

Cast

Production

Parts of the special were shot in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Hall . Airen . October 2012 . Melodrama on a Mission: Latter-Day Saint Film and the Melodramatic Mode . . 16 . 2 . 19–22.
  2. Book: D'Arc. James V.. When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah. 2010. Gibbs Smith. Layton, Utah. 9781423605874. 1st.