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A Christmas Story
The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
1983 · Directed by Bob Clark · 93 min · Comedy · Family · 9 frames
Tagline
A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas.
Crew
- Screenplay: Bob Clark, Leigh Brown, Jean Shepherd
- Cinematography: Reginald H. Morris
- Edited by: Stan Cole
- Music: Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza
- Production design: Reuben Freed
- Produced by: Bob Clark, René Dupont
Cast
- Melinda Dillon as Mother
- Darren McGavin as The Old Man
- Peter Billingsley as Ralphie
- Jean Shepherd as Ralphie as an Adult (voice)
- Ian Petrella as Randy
- Scott Schwartz as Flick
- R.D. Robb as Schwartz
- Tedde Moore as Miss Shields
- Yano Anaya as Grover Dill
- Zack Ward as Scut Farkus
Production
- Country: United States of America, Canada
- Language: English
- Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $3,300,000
- Box office: $20,700,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, holiday, nostalgia, young boy, snow, chinese restaurant, tongue, nostalgic, christmas tree dealer, mall santa
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