 | The Christmas Shoes | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genres:Drama | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir and declines a job in Robert's firm. When Robert's mother passes away, he begins to reconsider things and his and Nathan's paths cross on Christmas Eve as Nathan tries to raise the money for the shoes and Robert tries to get a present for his daughter.Cast:
 Rob Lowe Robert Layton |  Kimberly Williams-Paisley Maggie Andrews (as Kimberly Williams) |  Max Morrow Nathan Andrews | Maria del Mar Kate Layton |  Hugh Thompson Jack Andrews |
 Dorian Harewood Dalton Gregory | Shirley Douglas Ellen Layton |  Amber Marshall Lily | Rhonda McLean Gwen | Jeremy Akerman Tom Wilson |
 John Maclaren Dean McGraw | Brian Heighton Jake Cardwell | Geoff Herod Young Adult Nathan | Bill Carr Dr. Mather | John Dunsworth Dr. Julian |
| Brian Jamieson Carl Shultz | Kathryn MacLellan Receptionist (as Kathryn Maclellan) | David Christoffel Clerk | Juanita Peters Hospice Worker | Connie Stewart Elf Clerk |
