The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Dec 5, 1983

0h 48m

★ 5.2

Can a cast of holy terrors be turned into little angels in time for the annual Christmas play?

Overview

The Herdmans – Gladys, Claude, Imogene, Leroy, Ollie and Ralph – are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community. But this Christmas, they’re taking over their local church Pageant – and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked little town the true meaning of Christmas.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Family

TV Movie

Production Companies

Comworld Productions

ABC

HBO

Schaefer/Karpf Productions

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Cast

Grace Bradley

Loretta Swit

Bob Bradley

Jackson Davies

Reverend Hopkins

Antony Holland

Charlie Bradley

David Alexander

Beth Bradley

Fairuza Balk

Alice

Ocean Hellman

Helen Armstrong

Janet Wright

Gladys Herdman

Teri Dean

Claude Herdman

Beau Heaton

Imogene Herdman

Megan Hunt

Leroy Herdman

Jason Michas

Ollie Herdman

Shane Punt

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