UP Christmas Movie: Christmas for a Dollar

MOVIE REVIEW

Christmas for a Dollar

Network: UP

Original Air Date: December 15, 2013

*Based on the book by Gale Sears.

CAST:

Brian Krause ... William Kamp
Nancy Stafford ... Mrs. Rathbone
Danielle Chuchran ... Verna Kamp
Heather Beers ... Miss Mayfield
James Gaisford ... Warren Kamp
Jacob Buster ... Norman Kamp
Ethan Hunt ... Russel Kamp
Melanie Stone Thomason ... Helen
Liam Buie ... Karl
Grace Hallows ... Mae
Skyler M. Day ... Esther
Bruce Newbold ... Mr. Mueller
Ruby Jones ... Ruthie Kamp
Paul D. Hunt ... Mr, Phelps
Pam Eichner ... Frank's Mother
Jacque Gray ... Mary Margaret Kamp
Cathleen Mason ... Mrs. Bigler
Maggie Scott ... Maude
Nathan Dobbin ... Tommy
Abigail Scott ... Gale
Ron Brough ... Minister
Dalek Atkinson ... Henry
Caden Maynes ... Frank
Christopher Buster ... Lenny
Aimee Lynne Johnson ... Sarah
Roxy ... Violet
Cooper Daniel Johnson ... Billy

PLOT:

The Kamp family is struggling to get by, particularly since Mrs. Kamp's untimely death. The older children do their best to take care of the family, but the younger children -- straight-talking little Ruthie and Norman, a fan of fictional cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy – struggle most with a bleak-looking future. With their father facing mounting debts resulting from Norman's battle with polio, the siblings expect a Christmas without presents. But when father scrapes together a dollar to use for gifts, things change. As each child comes up with a special gift to give another member of the family, they soon begin to see many of their dearest wishes come true. Perhaps a boy who struggles to walk can become a real cowboy after all.


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