Holiday Affair genre Each must battle the destructive

Each must battle the destructive demons of isolation

Based on real events

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escaping afterward and heading south to Mexico

Holiday Affair genre Each must battle the destructiveEven though he recently lost his job as a department store clerk, Steve Mason buys an electric train set for a child he scarcely knows. It must be Christmastime. Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh are warmly matched in Holiday Affair, a seasonal favorite scripted by Isobel Lennart (later to adapt Mitchum's The Sundowners) and directed by Hope Crosby "road movies" veteran Don Hartman. Mitchum plays Mason, helping a child who'd otherwise find disappointment