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A Christmas Mystery

A Christmas Mystery

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A Christmas Mystery

"Solve the crime. Save the season."

2022

1h 27m

6.4(55 votes)

Family

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

Overview

When her best friend's father is falsely accused of stealing the town's prized jingle bells, a young amateur sleuth and her friends must find the real thief before Christmas.

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Production Companies

ESX Entertainment

Lila Lane Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Violet McGraw

Violet McGraw

Violet Pierce

Eddie Cibrian

Eddie Cibrian

Sheriff Pierce

Christoph Sanders

Christoph Sanders

Deputy Terry Donovan

Drew Powell

Drew Powell

George Bottoms

Lauren Lindsey Donzis

Lauren Lindsey Donzis

Maddie Pierce

Santino Barnard

Santino Barnard

Kenny Bottoms

Leonardo Cecchi

Leonardo Cecchi

Harrison Bottoms

Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

Mayor Donovan

Oscar Nuñez

Oscar Nuñez

Glenn Martin

Alkaio Thiele

Alkaio Thiele

Reggie

Creative team

Directed by: Alex Ranarivelo
Written by: Alex Ranarivelo
John Ducey
Produced by: Ali Afshar
Daniel Aspromonte

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