It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

Dec 15, 1984

1h 36m

★ 5.6

Overview

Retired cop Mike Halligan decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real white Christmas in New York is like. But a sudden fatal heart attack derails those plans, and Halligan makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week until Christmas in order to give his grandson the seasonal glories of New York City.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

Columbia TriStar Television

Schenck/Cardea Productions

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Trailers

Cast

Mike Halligan

Mickey Rooney

Robbie Westin

Scott Grimes

Kate Westin

Barrie Youngfellow

Arch Angel

George Gaynes

Rick Westin

Gary Bayer

Riley Boggs

William Griffis

Chris

Christina Pickles

Meek Angel

Hamilton Camp

Mr. Bibbs

Elisha Cook Jr.

Mr. Jones

Nicholas Hormann

Santini

Wynn Irwin

Ramos

Hector Elias

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