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Part of the Vintage Classics collection Classic post-war drama based on the play by Wynyard Browne. Ralph Richardson stars as Reverend Martin Gregory, a clergyman in a remote Norfolk village whose commitment to his religious duties leads him to neglect his family. Simmering tensions and years of resentment come to a head at the family's Christmas gathering.The cast also includes Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton and Denholm Elliott.

The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
83 min
An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.