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Police detective Tanya is partnered with fellow detective Ryan to solve a recent string of heists. They go undercover as newlyweds, moving into the vacant house next to Mr. Miller, the prime suspect in the case.

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Tanya Morris
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Ryan Anderson
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Francis Miller
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Captain Fletcher
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Stanley
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Edith
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Eric
Devon Alexander ...
Christopher
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Alicia
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Martha
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Mrs. Van Houghton
Mark Sweatman ...
Findlay
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Talbot
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Lois Carmichael
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Amy Morris
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Elf
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Mrs. Wilson
Alex Rockhill ...
Delivery Person
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Nervous Locksmith
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James Allore ...
Passerby (uncredited)
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Receptionist (uncredited)

Directed by

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Peter Benson

Written by

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Gregg Rossen ... (written by) &
Brian Sawyer ... (written by)

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Charles Cooper ... producer
Stephanie Germain ... executive producer
Harvey Kahn ... executive producer
Allen Lewis ... executive producer
Tamera Mowry-Housley ... executive producer
Arielle Port ... co-executive producer
Michael Shepard ... co-executive producer

Music by

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Sean William

Cinematography by

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Geoff Wallace

Editing by

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Saeed Vahidi

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Veronica Formos ... assistant editor
Moheb Jindran ... post-production coordinator
Emilia Macri ... post-production coordinator
Matthew Olson ... colorist
Behnam Salimy ... post-production coordinator
Matthew Shuttleworth ... on-line editor

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Jackie Lind

Production Design by

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Jill Scott

Art Direction by

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Fredy Mendoza

Set Decoration by

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Todd Boyko
Sharon Wu

Costume Design by

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Erica Minisini

Makeup Department

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Jennifer Hall ... makeup department head
Effy Mensah ... assistant hair stylist
Áine Plunkett ... first assistant makeup artist (as Aine Plunkett)
Amber Snow ... hair department head

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Michele Futerman ... production manager
Sepideh Merchant ... post-production supervisor

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Eliason Aboukassam ... trainee assistant director
Danny Choi ... trainee assistant director
Vince Coates ... first assistant director
Geoffrey Dodd ... first assistant director
Masha Jenkins ... third assistant director

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Francis Belanger ... property master
Gracey Burnett ... set dresser
Michael Heffernan-Ryall ... props assistant
Karen Kruszel ... assistant set decorator
Lauren Preston ... set dresser

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Matias Gibbs ... sound editor
Jeff Grout ... adr mixer
Ben McNamara ... adr assistant
Tom Stewart ... adr engineer
Scott F. Thompson ... sound
Andrea Velarde Mosquera ... dialogue editor

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Brett Armstrong ... stunt coordinator

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Sam Barringer ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jacob Bombala ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Parker Chen ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Allister Foster ... still photographer
Alexis Golat ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Devin Riendeau ... best boy grip
Lauren Yim ... camera trainee

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Aaron Atkins ... background casting assistant
Tara Bell-Irving ... casting assistant
Lisa Campbell ... background casting

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Aurelia Cerquozzi ... assistant costume designer
Ioana Cheptea ... background costumer
Ann-Marie Drummond ... set costumer
Allan A.J. Hartle ... costume set supervisor
Danna Roycroft ... background costumer

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Siân O'Byrne ... music supervisor
Hollie Sanders ... music coordinator
Shayla Swanson ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Nakita Kohan ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Alison Cherry ... transportation co-captain
Jeremy Davis ... transportation captain
Sharai Mustatia ... driver

Additional Crew

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Shahar Ben Halevi ... background wrangler
Ian Cesarec ... health and safety manager
Rama Diallo ... business affairs
Julee Harris ... food stylist
Denielle Jackson ... business affairs
Jamie Lam ... first assistant production coordinator
Kurtis Perry ... production assistant
Rachel Wong ... 2nd assistant production coordinator
Marnie Young ... business affairs

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Plot Summary

Rookie Denver PD Detective Tanya Morris, having just moved from Wisconsin, and veteran Detective Ryan Anderson are like oil and water, the biggest of their differences being that Tanya works on evidence before coming to a conclusion while Ryan works on gut feelings. With a week before Christmas, they are partnered on a case of three thus far high end art thefts at major galleries, reluctantly partnered on their end in their differences. Their chief suspect is Francis Miller, who does have a rap sheet and who had worked at each gallery just before the thefts as the Christmas party Santa Claus. Noticing that the house next to his is for rent, they decide to conduct a quiet stakeout of him based out of that house. However, that quiet nature is disrupted when they are spotted by people in the neighborhood, meaning that they have to integrate themselves into the community, they going undercover as newlyweds. What's worse in both their minds is that they believe the best way to watch Miller in plain sight is to be part of his Christmas Committee, which opens up another of the fundamental differences between Tanya and Ryan: Tanya loves everything about Christmas, she who would have spent Christmas on her own this year out of circumstance, while Ryan sees it solely as another day to watch football games with his buddies. In the process, they begin to have mixed feelings about Miller and the Committee: while he does exhibit suspicious behavior, they also see some true Christmas spirit in him, the Committee and his work as Santa. As a result, they come to some understandings of themselves in their dealings with him and with each other regardless of his guilt or innocence. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Christmas Goes Undercover See more »
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Also Known As
  • I Spy Christmas (United States)
Runtime
  • 84 min
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Trivia When Tanya shows Ryan her laptop, one of the sidebar ads on the screen is of another Hallmark Christmas movie, The Nine Kittens of Christmas (2021). The main feline star, Ambrose (real name Trace), is shown in the photo. The movie had yet to premiere on Thanksgiving. See more »
Goofs When Captain Fletcher tells Taylor he has the wrong fishing rods, he tells him he brought ice fishing rods. The Captain is wrong; those are fly fishing rods. Ice fishing equipment is different. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Rob McElhenney/Ariana DeBose/Sting (2021). See more »
Soundtracks All Because of Mr. Santa Claus See more »
Quotes Captain Fletcher: Talbot. Please, out of my way.
[sighs]
Captain Fletcher: Give me strength. Give me strength. Talbot, I said fly fishing, not ice fishing. I'm not retiring to Alaska.
Talbot: Sorry sir. The only fishing I do is for compliments. I'm on it. Yeah. Oh. Hi. Hot rods coming through.
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