SINOPSIS
A Christmas Wish is a heartwarming holiday classic about a New York family (led by Durante) who is down on their luck at Christmas time. Shortly before Christmas, they move into a ground floor apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just when it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel, not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever. The film is enlivened with the warmth and sweetness of an unforgettable love story between Terry Moore (of Mighty Joe Young) and Tom Drake (of Meet Me in St. Louis). Rupert the Squirrel (created using George Pal's Academy Award winning animation technique) will charm young and old alike. Jimmy Durante shines when he sings Jingle Bells and other well-loved Christmas carols in the evocative voice that made him one of America's recording legends.
- Jimmy DuranteMr. Louie Amendola
- Terry MooreRosalinda Amendola
- Tom DrakePeter 'Pete' Dingle
- Frank OrthMr. Frank Dingle
- Sara HadenMrs. Katie Dingle
- Queenie SmithMrs. Amendola
- Chick ChandlerPhil Davis
- Jimmy ConlinJoe Mahoney
- RupertRupert the Squirrel
- Hugh SandersMulligan
- Don BeddoeMr. Haggerty
- Candy CandidoMolineri - Florist
- Clancy CooperPolice Lt. Saunders
- Harold GoodwinCallahan - FBI Man
- Frank CadyMr. Taney - Tax Investigator
- Lester DorrEddie - the Bartender
- Kenner G. KempPasserby in Park
- Frank MarloweDave - the Mailman
- Torben MeyerMr. Petrushka - the Baker
- Ralph MontgomeryFireman
- Irving PichelPuzzled Pedestrian
- Harry StrangFire Chief