01 A traveling con man is mistaken for a powerful government inspector by a corrupt town's officials.
6 Best Gene Lockhart Movies
By Vlad Zakh · March 12, 2026
Gene Lockhart brought a warm, versatile presence to Hollywood film, equally convincing as sympathetic authority figures and quietly corrupt officials. In His Girl Friday (1940): A newspaper editor schemes to stop his star reporter ex-wife from remarrying and leaving journalism. Equally memorable is Miracle on 34th Street (1947): A skeptical young girl slowly comes to believe that the department store Santa may be the real thing.
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02 A skeptical young girl slowly comes to believe that the department store Santa may be the real thing.
03 A desperate reporter invents a fictional everyman whose folksy speeches accidentally spark a real political movement.
04 A newspaper editor schemes to stop his star reporter ex-wife from remarrying and leaving journalism.
05 A jewel thief hiding in the Casbah falls for a visiting Frenchwoman, risking capture by pursuing police.
06 A miserly old man is visited by three spirits who show him the true meaning of Christmas.
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