A Christmas Story
“A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas.”
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.
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Part of A Christmas Story Collection
3 films
Cast
38 people
Melinda Dillon
Mother
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Harry and the Hendersons
Darren McGavin
The Old Man
Known for
Billy Madison
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Peter Billingsley
Ralphie
Known for
Iron Man
The Break-Up
Jean Shepherd
Ralphie as an Adult (voice)
Also in
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
Ian Petrella
Randy
Also in
Crimes of Passion
Beverly Hills, 90210
Scott Schwartz
Flick
Known for
The Toy
R.D. Robb
Schwartz
Known for
Matilda
Eight Days a Week
Tedde Moore
Miss Shields
Known for
Murder by Decree
Magical Christmas Ornaments
Yano Anaya
Grover Dill
Also in
Better Off Dead...
The Blue Iguana
Zack Ward
Scut Farkus
Known for
Postal
Transformers
Jeff Gillen
Santa Claus
Known for
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Dead of Night
Leslie Carlson
Christmas Tree Man
Known for
The Fly
Videodrome
Bob Clark Director · Jean Shepherd Screenplay Leigh Brown Screenplay
Worldwide gross $21M · Budget $3.3M · United States release November 18, 1983
Box office
Budget
$3,300,000
Worldwide gross
$20,700,000
Gross vs. budget
6.3×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
Christmas Tree Films
Production
United States · Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · November 18, 1983
Theatrical
United States · November 18, 1983
Theatrical
United States
November 21, 1984 · Theatrical · re-release
Australia
November 15, 1984 · Theatrical
France
November 28, 1984 · Theatrical
Germany
November 23, 1984 · Theatrical
Japan
December 17, 1988 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 20, 1984 · Theatrical
Poland
February 21, 2016 · Digital
Portugal
December 23, 1984 · Theatrical
Russia
December 28, 1987 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 16, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 16, 2007 · Theatrical
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