(Robert Siodmak, US 1944, 93 min.)

Happy Holidays. Gene Kelly and Deanna Durbin star in a most off-beat Christmas thriller. Noir maestro Siodmak directs this W. Somerset Maugham story of a woman running from her past. Jackie (Durbin), a singer at a New Orleans brothel, has trouble moving on with her life after dealing with a murderous husband (Kelly) and his conniving mother. When a heartbroken man comes into her life and takes her to midnight Mass, she sees a chance to begin again, if only she can come to terms with who she was ….

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