It’s my birthday too.
Yes, it is a John Wayne movie and has many of his standard cast. This is a Christmas movie and a birthday movie. And, And, And. John Wayne gets to say, "Swing your legs...limbs over" in his John Wayne manner.
Cesar Romero (Marquis Andre de Lage) is always scheming to go to Hollywood and is the first to point out that the offspring of Jack Warden (Dr. William Dedham) is half-cast and may not meet Boston standards. This leads to situations that just keep snowballing. "Oh, what tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive."
Everyone gets an appropriate present for Christmas. But I think the best one is the one that Lee Marvin (Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley) receives. And he gets to play King of America at the pageant.
There is not a slow moment in this film, and you have to keep up with all the subplots. And the scenery is breathtaking.
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