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A Christmas Story (1983) is available to rent on Apple TV+. Also available to buy on Apple TV+.
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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.
Nostalgia drips from every snowy, mid-century frame through a lens of frantic holiday chaos and childhood longing. One boy’s desperate quest for a Red Ryder BB gun captures the hilarious, frantic magic of a 1940s family Christmas.
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Bob Clark
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Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Jean Shepherd, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb, Tedde Moore, Yano Anaya, Zack Ward
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A Christmas Story
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IMDb
7.2/10
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87%
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Director
Bob Clark
Cast
Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Jean Shepherd, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb, Tedde Moore, Yano Anaya, Zack Ward
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