A Matter of Principle

A miserable man who doesn't believe in the holidays must contend with his 11 children and wife celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.

Release Date

December 3, 1984

Runtime

53 min

Genres

Comedy , Drama , Romance

Directed by

Gwen Arner, Jeanne Caliendo, Katterli Frauenfelder, Marvin Towns Jr., Donna Kulwin

Written by

John D. Weaver, Neal Miller, Nancy Miller

Language

English

Budget

Revenue

Status

Released

Cast

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Alan Arkin

Flagg Purdy

Gary Cole

Man with Christmas Tree

Virginia Madsen

Danny Corkill

Deanna Dunagan

Diane Dorsey

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Cast24 cast members

Alan Arkin

Flagg Purdy

Tony Arkin

Edgar Purdy

Gary Cole

Man with Christmas Tree

Aaron Freeman

Cinnamon Idles

Corey Kasdin

Virginia Madsen

Mary Samuels

Alexandra Shapiro

Barbara Dana

Danny Corkill

Deanna Dunagan

Daniel Garza II

Alison Jacoby

Mark David Kennerly

Brendan Phillips

Mary Seibel

Christopher Spahr

Franklin Roosevelt Purdy

Diane Dorsey

James W. Sudik

John Underwood

Melva Williams

Hillary Wolf

George Womack

Crew57 crew members

Gwen Arner

John D. Weaver

Neal Miller

Nancy Miller

Randall Fried

Story Developer, Location Scout

Grace McKeaney

Mary Trimble

Neal Miller

Alan Barcus

Jeffrey Jur

Marc Miller

Diane Witmer

Wayne Karjala

Emily Erickson

Joyce Weber

Susin Ross

James Giovannetti Jr.

Production Manager

Jeanne Caliendo

Second Assistant Director

Katterli Frauenfelder

First Assistant Director

Marvin Towns Jr.

Second Assistant Director

Jim Hayes

Construction Coordinator

Michael Hoffman

Hans Roland

Ric Coken

Roger Tang

Dieter Sturm

Todd Thomasson

Murdoch Campbell

Elizabeth Claffey

Fritz Johnson

Gregory Lundsgaard

David Moravec

David Obermeyer

John Pacy

Michael J. Purbaugh

David Russell

Linda Schwartz

Kevin Smith

Second Assistant Camera

Dan Stevens

First Assistant Camera

Judy Courtney

Catherine Goedert

Chuck Saucier

Bonnie Timmermann

Wendy Oldenburg

Lucinda Guard

Joyce Polly

Kristina Hanson

Jim Dolan

Donna Kulwin

David Avcollie

Leonard Carlisle

Frank Gill Jr.

Mark Mamalakis

Josh Spring

Susan Vanderbeek

Sharon Zurek

Production Controller

Karen Kaplan

Producer's Assistant

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