Fred MacMurray plays Bill Dunnigan, a Hollywood press agent who is fufilling a deceased young actress's last wish to be buried in her hometown, Coaltown, PA. He helped get her short career started, and she got the lead role in a biopic of St. Joan...
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Fred MacMurray plays Bill Dunnigan, a Hollywood press agent who is fufilling a deceased young actress's last wish to be buried in her hometown, Coaltown, PA. He helped get her short career started, and she got the lead role in a biopic of St. Joan of Arc, but died shortly after finishing the film. Much to Dunnigan's dismay, the producer decides to reshoot the picture with an all-new cast. While in Coaltown, Dunnigan pulls a series of stunts to change the producer's mind, but the one stunt that may do the trick is not of his own making.

This long-forgotten movie, which also features Frank Sinatra as a parish priest, sometimes gets airplay around Christmas, even though only one brief scene takes place at Christmas, but it fits the description of a holiday movie. It deserves a revival similar to that which brought "It's A Wnderful Life" out of oblivion and turned it into a holiday classic. A wonderful piece of Americana, and with a spirit of patriotism.