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Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncle and his family in a small Midwestern town. On the train she meets Zach Morgan, a troubled army sergeant on leave for the holidays from a military hospital. Although his physical wounds have healed, he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and is subject to panic attacks. The pair are attracted to one another and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance, but Mary is reluctant to tell him of her past and that she must shortly return to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence.

Both Living a Secret...each afraid to tell!

Genres: Drama, Family, Romance

Starring: Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple

Released: December 31, 1944

Runtime: 85.0

Popularity Rating: 0.605

Dore Schary Productions, Selznick International Pictures, United Artists, Vanguard Films

United States of America

Mary Marshall Ginger Rogers
Zachary Morgan Joseph Cotten
Barbara Marshall Shirley Temple
Mrs. Marshall Spring Byington
Mr. Marshall Tom Tully
Lt. Bruce John Derek
Swanson Chill Wills
Sailor on Train Kenny Bowers
Franklin - Boy with Toy Machine Gun (uncredited) Gary Gray
Charlie Hartman (uncredited) Eddie Hall
Train Vendor (uncredited) Olin Howland
Saleslady (uncredited) Dorothy Stone

Art — Set Decoration: Mark-Lee Kirk
Camera — Director of Photography: Tony Gaudio
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Edith Head
Directing — Director: William Dieterle
Editing — Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Editing — Editor: William H. Ziegler
Production — Producer: Dore Schary
Sound — Original Music Composer: Daniele Amfitheatrof
Writing — Theatre Play: Charles Martin
Writing — Writer: Marion Parsonnet