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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Peter Godfrey

Producer:

William Jacobs

Release Date:

Aug 11, 1945

Runtime:

1hr 41m

Synopsis

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.

Cast

  • Barbara Stanwyck
  • Dennis Morgan
  • Sydney Greenstreet
  • Reginald Gardiner
  • S.Z. Sakall
  • Robert Shayne
  • Una O'Connor
  • Frank Jenks
  • Joyce Compton
  • Dick Elliott

Letterboxd User Reviews

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3.6
  • Dec 12, 2019

    this is the second barbara stanwyck christmas movie i’ve watched in 24 hours where a cow surprises barbara stanwyck by sticking its head through a window. don’t know what that means exactly but i thought i’d share.

    1.1K Likes
    eely
    eely
    Dec 24, 2020

    Love a movie where a major moment of drama hinges on someone flipping a pancake

    966 Likes
    Patrick Willems
    Patrick Willems
    Dec 24, 2020

    Barbara Stanwyck always referring to the various babies as “it.” Incredible running gag, funny every time

    661 Likes
    Patrick Willems
    Patrick Willems
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    Dec 24, 2022

    You're telling me they're celebrating Christmas? In CONNECTICUT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    625 Likes
    Patrick Willems
    Patrick Willems
    Dec 22, 2020

    all i want is for s.z. sakall to be in the background of every movie adjusting his glasses and making faces and saying "everything is hunky dunky" when everything is very much not hunky dunky at all

    532 Likes
    nora
    nora
    Dec 25, 2021

    My life’s ambition is to decorate a 10ft tall Christmas tree in an evening gown and fur trimmed bolero.

    411 Likes
    ✨🥀 e m m é
    ✨🥀 e m m é
  • Dec 6, 2019

    When Barbara Stanwyck shattered an ornament because she was swooning over Dennis Morgan so hard... I felt that

    369 Likes
    Bre
    Bre
    Dec 25, 2022

    love any movie where the premise is that barbara stanwyck is using society’s construction of the housewife image to lie in her magazine column in order to buy herself a mink coat and live in a cute 1br in manhattan

    296 Likes
    nora
    nora
    Nov 29, 2022

    all the best romcoms are about people who are obsessed with food, nora ephron understood that and she probably loved this movie

    242 Likes
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  • CvptvinHowdy
    CvptvinHowdy liked
    Christmas in Connecticut

    Barbara didn't have to carry the whole film like she usually does cause there are plenty of great side characters here, and Felix would be my favorite. The romance part of it kinda happens too quickly, but I'm used to that when it comes to classic films turned out nicely anyway.

    2M
    Olivia Octavius
    Olivia Octavius loved
    Christmas in Connecticut

    One of our favorite family Christmas movies. Watch it every year and every year it’s just as funny.

    2Y
    Kward0610
    Kward0610 loved
    Christmas in Connecticut

    One of my all time favorite holiday movies. This film is just so delightful

    1Y
  • Marguerite Pagnotta
    Marguerite Pagnotta liked
    Christmas in Connecticut

    A pretty good movie; I know a lot of people like it.

    2Y
    Emily Gage
    Emily Gage liked
    Christmas in Connecticut

    Silly and fun.

    2Y
    Justin
    Justin is "meh" on
    Christmas in Connecticut

    It was meh.

    1Y
  • ava lindstrom
    ava lindstrom liked
    Christmas in Connecticut

    hunky dunky

    3Y
    EmilyEckert
    EmilyEckert loved
    Christmas in Connecticut

    A favorite

    1Y
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Tinsel-thin seasonal folly (1945) about a newslady who has a GI hero over for Christmas dinner. Frolicsome in an artificially hearty sort of way, though it made its studio (Warners) a nice holiday bundle.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Christmas in Connecticut (1945)?
The movie is 1hr 41min long.
What's Christmas in Connecticut (1945) about?
A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
Who's the cast of Christmas in Connecticut (1945)?
  • Barbara Stanwyck as Elizabeth Lane
  • Dennis Morgan as Jefferson Jones
  • Sydney Greenstreet as Alexander Yardley
  • Reginald Gardiner as John Sloan
  • S.Z. Sakall as Felix Bassenak
  • Robert Shayne as Dudley Beecham
  • Una O'Connor as Norah
  • Frank Jenks as Sinkewicz
  • Joyce Compton as Mary Lee
  • Dick Elliott as Judge Crothers
Who's the director behind Christmas in Connecticut (1945)?
Peter Godfrey directed Christmas in Connecticut (1945).
Who produced Christmas in Connecticut (1945)?
William Jacobs produced Christmas in Connecticut (1945).