The Man Who Saved Christmas

2002

100 min

6.4

Ends at

Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the country. A.C. is startled to be summoned to the White House, where top officials ask him to convert the toy factory into a weapons manufacturing company for the duration of the war. "No" is really not an option, for fear of being labeled unpatriotic so the switch is made. Later, government officials ask A.C. to be their spokesman for a campaign to avoid "toy giving" for the coming holidays and buy war bonds instead. With a young son himself, who looks forward to Christmas like any other child, what will A.C. do this time?

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, TV Movie

Director

Sturla Gunnarsson

Country

Canada

Cast & Crew

Jason Alexander

Kelly Rowan

Ed Asner

Jayne Eastwood

Ari Cohen

C. David Johnson

Kenneth Welsh

Daniel Kash

Jonathan Higgins

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The Man Who Saved Christmas

Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the country. A.C. is startled to be summoned to the White House, where top officials ask him to convert the toy factory into a weapons manufacturing company for the duration of the war. "No" is really not an option, for fear of being labeled unpatriotic so the switch is made. Later, government officials ask A.C. to be their spokesman for a campaign to avoid "toy giving" for the coming holidays and buy war bonds instead. With a young son himself, who looks forward to Christmas like any other child, what will A.C. do this time?

  • Jason Alexander

  • Kelly Rowan

  • Ed Asner

  • Jayne Eastwood

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