Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncle and his family in a small Midwestern town. On the train she meets Zach Morgan, a troubled army sergeant on leave for the holidays from a military hospital. Although his physical wounds have healed, he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and is subject to panic attacks. The pair are attracted to one another and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance, but Mary is reluctant to tell him of her past and that she must shortly return to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence.
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Ginger Rogers as Mary Marshall
Joseph Cotten as Zachary Morgan
Shirley Temple as Barbara Marshall
Spring Byington as Mrs. Marshall
Tom Tully as Mr. Marshall
John Derek as Lt. Bruce
Chill Wills as Swanson
Kenny Bowers as Sailor on Train
Gary Gray as Franklin (uncredited)
Eddie Hall as Charlie Hartman (uncredited)
Olin Howland as Train Vendor (uncredited)
Dorothy Stone as Saleslady (uncredited)
Jack Carr as Train Station Counterman (uncredited)
Earl Johnson as Dog Owner (uncredited)
John James as Paratrooper on Train (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich as Sidewalk Cowboy (uncredited)
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