"Young People's Specials" Charlie's Christmas Secret (1984)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Gene McPherson

Writer:

Gene McPherson (writer)

TV Series:

"Young People's Specials" (1984)

Original Air Date:

20 December 1984 (Season 1, Episode 9)

Genre:

Family

Plot:

Ten-year-old newspaper carrier meets various customers who struggle with everyday life. With Christmas coming up he comes up with a plan to try and make the holidays better for them. |

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Pet Adoption | Homeless | Old Man | Loneliness

Cast

Seth Green	...	Charlie
Callan Egan	...	Bagman
Claire Slemmer	...	Mrs. White
Rob Fuller	...	Mr. White
Lanni Carvel	...	Mrs. Donavin

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

A wonderful family Christmas movie

I haven't seen this movie for about 10 yrs, so I don't remember too much of it. But basically, it's about a young boy named Charlie, who has 2 homeless friends. A man, and a dog. He feeds the dog daily on his way home. One day, he sees the dog catcher catching his little friend, and he tells Charlie that the dog will be taken to the pound, and unless claimed, put to sleep. Charlie is heartbroken, he knows his parents won't let him have a dog. Along with the homeless man, he sets out to rescue the dog, and persuade his parents to let him have him.

It's a wonderful movie, especially to watch around the Holidays. I remember it as a very clean movie, as far as the language goes, and although sad at times..it's well worth watching.

I was suprised to see that the little boy named Charlie, was played by Seth Green.