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Strange Holiday

Strange Holiday

1945Movie⏱️ 1h 1mApproved
DramaThriller
⭐ 5.4
IMDB Rating
251 votes

A man returns from a trip to find fascists have taken over the U.S. government.

Director
Arch Oboler
Writers
N/A
Stars
Claude Rains, Bob Stebbins, Barbara Bate
Release Date
September 2, 1946
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Claude Rains
Claude Rains
as John Stevenson
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Bob Stebbins
as John Stevenson, Jr.
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Barbara Bate
as Peggy Lee (Violet) Stevenson
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Paul Hilton
as Woodrow Stevenson, Jr
Gloria Holden
Gloria Holden
as Jean Stevenson
Milton Kibbee
Milton Kibbee
as Sam Morgan
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Walter White Jr.
as Farmer
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Wally Maher
as Truck Driver
Tommy Cook
Tommy Cook
as Tommy--Newsboy
Griff Barnett
Griff Barnett
as Regan

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Elite Pictures, General Motors Corporation, Mike J. Levenson

🏷️ Keywords

fascist statestock footagetold in flashbackflashbackreference to the constitution

🎯 Categories

DramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

one of the more memorably strange 40s-era agitprop fantasies I have ever seen!
by Weirdling_Wolf β€’ 2022-01-21
8/10

"A hard-working, happily married man John Stevens (Claude Rains) somewhat abruptly returns home from an agreeably lazy holiday in the mountains in order to celebrate his wedding anniversary, and is then unremittingly Rod Serlinged, with little grace into a dismally unrecognisable, dystopian, iron-fisted, fascist run America! Numbly traversing eerily deserted streets, retailers barred from selling their wares for reason obscure, John's disorientation increasing as he desperately seeks his lost wife and children. Roughly imprisoned for not expressing the newly enforced terror-state, he is th..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

The film was originally intended for exhibition to General Motors's workers and their families.

πŸ“– Synopsis

A man returns from a trip to find fascists have taken over the U.S. government.