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Directed by Don Hartman, Holiday Affair (1949) centers on Connie Ennis (Janet Leigh), a young war widow deeply devoted to her six-year-old son, Timmy (Gordon Gebert), and the memory of her deceased husband, Guy. She works as a comparison shopper, going from store to store purchasing certain items to secretly analyze competitors' prices and product quality. One day, just before Christmas, after buying and returning an expensive toy train, Connie's cover is blown by a handsome store clerk named Steve Mason (Robert Mitchum). Steve threatens to report her to the store detective, which would lead to her firing, but takes pity on her once he learns of her financially precarious situation. Since he fails to turn Connie in, Steve ends up losing his own job. Steve and Connie become friends and he finds himself attracted to her, although he lectures her for trying to turn Timmy into the image of his dead father. During a walk on Central Park on Christmas morning, Connie tells Steve tha...