The Great Rupert (1950)

Name: The Great Rupert
Genre: Family, Comedy
Released: 1950-03-01
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake, Frank Orth, Sara Haden

Christmas miracles do happen

Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.

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Released 1950-03-01 · 88 min · Family, Comedy

Directed by Irving Pichel

Cast

Jimmy Durante as Mr. Louie Amendola
Terry Moore as Rosalinda Amendola
Tom Drake as Peter 'Pete' Dingle
Frank Orth as Mr. Frank Dingle
Sara Haden as Mrs. Katie Dingle
Queenie Smith as Mrs. Amendola
Chick Chandler as Phil Davis
Jimmy Conlin as Joe Mahoney
Rupert as Himself the Squirrel
Hugh Sanders as Mulligan
Don Beddoe as Mr. Haggerty
Frank Cady as Mr. Taney - Tax Investigator
Candy Candido as Molineri - Florist
Clancy Cooper as Police Lt. Saunders
Harold Goodwin as Callahan - F.B.I. Man