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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

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48m

Comedy, Drama, Family

December 5th, 1983

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Synopsis

This is a made for tv adaptation of Barbara Robinson's novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Loretta Swit of M*A*S*H stars as Grace Bradley who inherits the job of running her church's Christmas pageant when the woman who usually does it breaks her leg tripping over the extremely long wire she has on her telephone.Not only does Grace inherit this disaster it gets worse when the Herdman kids - all six of them. The Herdmans are notorious for abusing each other and stealing from and abusing other kids as well. They smoke, steal, lie, bully and generally create havoc in their town.Their father disappeared years earlier and mother works two shifts at the shoe factory to support herself and the kids while the kids run wild.But this WILL be the best Christmas pageant ever when the Herdman kids learn the Christmas story and about the true meaning of Christmas.

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Cast

Loretta Swit
Grace Bradley
Jackson Davies
Bob Bradley
Antony Holland
Rev. Hopkins
David Alexander
Charlie Bradley
Fairuza Balk
Beth Bradley
Ocean Hellman
Alice
Janet Wright
Helen Armstrong
Teri Dean
Gladys Herdman
Beau Heaton
Claude Herdman
Megan Hunt
Imogene Herdman
Full cast & crew

Directors

George Schaefer
Full cast & crew

Producers

Merrill H. Karpf
executive producer
Adrienne Luraschi
associate producer
George Schaefer
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Barbara Robinson
novel
Barbara Robinson
screenplay
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Can a cast of holy terrors be turned into little angels in time for the annual Christmas play?
Based on a classic story by Barbara Robinson

Keywords

smoke
explosion
title spoken by character
All Keywords

Country of Origin

Canada
United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

December 27th, 1987 (Belgium) (Flemish speaking region)
December 25th, 1983 (Canada)
December 5th, 1983 (United States of America)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (original title)
Лучшее Рождественское представление (Russian Federation) (Russian title)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (United States of America)

Locations

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Ryerson United Church)

Running Times

48 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
HBO
A.B.C.
All Production Companies

Distribution Companies

Home Box Office (HBO)
Regency Home Video
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (United States of America)

Other Companies

Consolidated Film Industries (CFI) (titles and opticals) (as CFI) / (titles and opticals) (as C.F.I.)
Glen Glenn Sound Company (re-recording by) (as Glen Glenn Sound)
Ryerson United Church (with special thanks to) (as the members and staff of the Ryerson United Church, Vancouver, B.C.)
All Other Companies

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