I’ll Be Seeing You (1944) – Rewatch

Convict Ginger Rogers, on a good behavior furlough from prison, meets PTSD-suffering soldier Joseph Cotten on the train to visit her relatives for the holidays. They are both social outcasts of a type and make for an odd pairing in a Christmas film. Despite not knowing each other’s ails , they manage to find strength and comfort from the other character. Adding to the cast is Tom Tully and Spring Byington as Rogers’s kind and supportive aunt and uncle while Shirley Temple is their suspicious teenaged daughter. Their welcoming home provides just the right atmosphere to make this unusual Christmas tale work for the holiday season.