Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · 96 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 57,884 VOTES · DIR. George Seaton
Overview
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,481 lines
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00:01:42 You've got them mixed up.
00:05:35 Plenty of it, please. Yes, Mrs. Walker.
00:09:42 You see, my father and mother were divorced when I was a baby.
00:13:08 Well, hire him, by all means. It's perfectly all right with me.
00:16:56 Mama wants to thank Santa Claus too.
00:20:39 You have all day to see Santa Claus. Now, children, behave.
00:24:33 I want you to tell her the truth. Uh, what's your name?
00:27:45 But after all, Mr. Macy - We'll be known as the helpful store
00:30:52 Never failed one yet. Know them by heart.
00:34:46 living perfectly normal lives in every other respect.
00:37:54 All right. Won't take but an hour or so.
00:41:16 Um, if you’d like to move in with me, I'd be only too happy to have you.
00:45:57 I know just the kind of place you mean.
00:50:04 # To market, to market to buy a fat hog #
00:54:12 Seems to me that the patient is running the clinic here. I won't stand-
00:58:12 Hello. Yes. Yes.
01:01:43 Now, you get the case dropped tomorrow
01:05:52 Grandma! Grandma!
01:10:11 Granted, but he isn't. Oh, but he is, Your Honor.
01:13:45 It's up to the State of New York, and I'm just their duly appointed legal representative.
01:17:50 But you go ahead, Henry. You do it your way.
01:22:35 It’s just because he says he's Santa Claus.
01:27:43 Consequently, the department uses every possible precaution.
01:32:41 and I shouldn't have believed you.
Cast & Characters
Edmund Gwenn
Kris Kringle
Maureen O'Hara
Doris Walker
John Payne
Fred Gailey
Gene Lockhart
Judge Henry X. Harper
Natalie Wood
Susan Walker
Porter Hall
Granville Sawyer
William Frawley
Charlie Halloran
Jerome Cowan
Dist. Atty. Thomas Mara
Philip Tonge
Julian Shellhammer
Jack Albertson
Post Office Mail Sorter Next to Lou
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,481
Dialogue density15.4 lines / min
First line00:01:42
Final line01:32:41
Production Record
DirectorGeorge Seaton
LanguageEnglish
Budget$630,000
Revenue$2,700,000
IMDb votes57,884