

25/12/1947
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.

Cary Grant
as Dudley

Loretta Young
as Julia Brougham

David Niven
as Henry Brougham

Monty Woolley
as Professor Wutheridge

James Gleason
as Sylvester

Gladys Cooper
as Mrs. Hamilton

Elsa Lanchester
as Matilda

Sara Haden
as Mildred Cassaway

Karolyn Grimes
as Debby Brougham

Tito Vuolo
as Maggenti

Regis Toomey
as Mr. Miller

Sarah Edwards
as Mrs. Duffy

Margaret McWade
as Miss Trumbull

Anne O'Neal
as Mrs. Ward

Ben Erway
as Mr. Perry

Erville Alderson
as Stevens

Robert J. Anderson
as Defense Captain

Teddy Infuhr
as Attack Captain

Eugene Borden
as Michel

Almira Sessions
as First Lady in Michel's

Claire Du Brey
as Second Lady in Michel's

Florence Auer
as Third Lady in Michel's

Margaret Wells
as Hat Shop Proprietress

Kitty O'Neil
as Hat Shop Customer

Isabel Jewell
as Hysterical Mother

David Leonard
as Blind Man

Dorothy Vaughan
as Delia

Edgar Dearing
as Policeman

Sheryl Deauville
as Singing Girl (uncredited)

Dick Earle
as Churchgoer (uncredited)

Edythe Elliott
as Saleslady (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer
as Churchgoer (uncredited)

Joseph J. Greene
as Santa Claus (uncredited)

Thomas Martin
as Churchgoer (uncredited)

Allen D. Sewall
as Churchgoer (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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