Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncle and his family in a small Midwestern town. On the train she meets Zach Morgan, a troubled army sergeant on leave for the holidays from a military hospital. Although his physical wounds have healed, he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and is subject to panic attacks. The pair are attracted to one another and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance, but Mary is reluctant to tell him of her past and that she must shortly return to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence.

Ginger Rogers
Mary Marshall

Joseph Cotten
Zachary Morgan

Shirley Temple
Barbara Marshall

Spring Byington
Mrs. Marshall

Tom Tully
Mr. Marshall

John Derek
Lt. Bruce

Chill Wills
Swanson
Kenny Bowers
Sailor on Train
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December 31, 1944
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Drama, Romance
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