It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)

Unrated 15 Dec 1984 • Drama, Family • 1h 37m

Mickey Rooney plays Mike Halligan, a retired cop from Manhattan living in California with his family who decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real white Christmas in New York is like. But he dies from a sudden heart attack in which Halligan makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week until Christmas and show his grandson the seasonal glories of New York City.

Peter H. Hunt
Director
Frank Cardea, George Schenck
Writer
Mickey Rooney, Scott Grimes, Barrie Youngfellow
Starring

Language: English
Awards: 1 nomination
Country: United States
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7.5

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