Miracle on 34th Street

Released Year: 1947

Certificate: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 88

Director: George Seaton

Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Gene Lockhart

No of Votes: 41625

Gross: 2650000

Overview: When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.

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