Directed by:	Peter H. Hunt
Written by:	Frank Cardea George Schenck
Release date:	December 15, 1984
Running time:	1 hour, 37 minutes

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear is a 1984 made-for-TV movie. It stars Mickey Rooney as Mike Halligan, a grandfather who dies shortly before Christmas. He makes a deal to return to earth to spend one last Christmas with his grandson Robbie, played by Scott Grimes. He is also tasked with finding a wayward angel, and is extremely discouraged to find the complete absence of any Christmas spirit in his old hometown of New York City. Annie Potts co-stars as a reporter searching for an uplifting story for the Christmas Eve newscast, and she is also discouraged as no such story can be found in the entire city.

Cast Edit

• Mickey Rooney: Mike Halligan
• Scott Grimes: Robbie Westin
• Barrie Youngfellow: Kate Westin
• Gary Bayer: Rick Westin
• Alyson Kirk: Missy Westin
• George Gaynes: Archangel
• William Griffis: Wiley Boggs
• Annie Potts: Cindy Mills

External links Edit

• It Came Upon the Midnight Clear at IMDB