Silent Night, Lonely Night
Over the Christmas holidays in a small New England college town, a man and a woman share a brief interlude. He is there to visit his wife, who is a mental patient at the university, and she is there visiting her son, who is a student, after discovering her husband's infidelity.
Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969)
Daniel Petrie
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
7.3/10
3 votes
Rating consensus
73/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~73/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Lloyd Bridges
John Sparrow
Shirley Jones
Katherine Johnson
Lynn Carlin
Jennifer Sparrow
Carrie Snodgress
Janet
Cloris Leachman
Ginny
Robert Lipton
Philip
Richard Eastham
Paul Johnson
Stefan Arngrim
Jerry Johnson
Nydia Westman
Mae
Woodrow Parfrey
Dr. Hyatt
Edward R. Leadbetter
Mac, the Cab Driver
Walter Boughton
Walter, the Desk Clerk
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Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969)
Daniel Petrie
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