About
Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncle and his family in a small Midwestern town. On the train she meets Zach Morgan, a troubled army sergeant on leave for the holidays from a military hospital. Although his physical wounds have healed, he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and is subject to panic attacks. The pair are attracted to one another and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance, but Mary is reluctant to tell him of her past and that she must shortly return to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence.
Theatrical
Jan 5, 1945
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 19, 2004
Director
Writer
Producer
Music
Studio
Selznick International Pictures, Dore Schary Productions, Vanguard Films
Cast
Full credits →G
Ginger Rogers
Mary Marshall
J
Joseph Cotten
Zachary Morgan
S
Shirley Temple
Barbara Marshall
S
Spring Byington
Mrs. Marshall
T
Tom Tully
Mr. Marshall
J
John Derek
Lieutenant Bruce
C
Chill Wills
Swanson
K
Kenny Bowers
Sailor on Train
G
Gary Gray
Franklin (uncredited)
E
Eddie Hall
Charlie Hartman (uncredited)
O
Olin Howland
Train Vendor (uncredited)
D
Dorothy Stone
Saleslady (uncredited)
J
Jack Carr
Train Station Counterman (uncredited)
E
Earl Johnson
Dog Owner (uncredited)
J
John James
Paratrooper on Train (uncredited)
F
Fred Aldrich
Sidewalk Cowboy (uncredited)