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1983  - 98 min  Comedy,/Family  - PG

It's the final days before Christmas in early 1940s Cleveland, and  9-year-old Ralphie wants one thing from Santa Claus more than anything  else: a Red Ryder Carbine Action Air Rifle. As he trudges through the  snow to school, faces the neighborhood bully and visits a malevolent  department store Santa Clause, Ralphie connives, conspires and campaigns  for the most fabulous Christmas present ever in this heartwarming,  hysterical and sweetly nostalgic holiday film. Based on stories by Jean  Sheppard. 

DIRECTED BY ~   Bob Clark   

WRITING CREDITS  ~    Jean Shepherd (based on the novel "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" by)  Jean Shepherd  (screenplay) &                Leigh Brown    (screenplay) &    Bob Clark   (screenplay)            

STARS ~    Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin  

1983  - 98 min  Comedy,/Family  - PG

It's the final days before Christmas in early 1940s Cleveland, and  9-year-old Ralphie wants one thing from Santa Claus more than anything  else: a Red Ryder Carbine Action Air Rifle. As he trudges through the  snow to school, faces the neighborhood bully and visits a malevolent  department store Santa Clause, Ralphie connives, conspires and campaigns  for the most fabulous Christmas present ever in this heartwarming,  hysterical and sweetly nostalgic holiday film. Based on stories by Jean  Sheppard. 

DIRECTED BY ~   Bob Clark   

WRITING CREDITS  ~    Jean Shepherd (based on the novel "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" by)  Jean Shepherd  (screenplay) &                Leigh Brown    (screenplay) &    Bob Clark   (screenplay)            

STARS ~    Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin 

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