

"Discomfort and joy."
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
Paul Hunham

Angus Tully

Mary Lamb

Miss Lydia Crane

Teddy Kountze

Alex Ollerman

Ye-Joon Park

Jason Smith

Dr. Hardy Woodrup

Danny

Thomas Tully

Judy Clotfelter

Stanley Clotfelter

Elise

Mr. Endicott

Mr. Rosensweig

Mary's Sister Peggy

Priest / Bartender
Office Lady

Toothbrushing Student

Cobb Salad Student
Weed Buyer Harriman

Christmas Tree Guy

Christmas Tree Helper

Hooker

ER Doctor

ER Nurse

Pharmacist
Pinball Player

Vietnam Vet Kenneth

Hip Party Guest
Hugh Cavanaugh

Mrs. Cavanaugh

Santa Claus
Psychiatric Orderly

Waitress

Maître d'hôtel
Liquor Store Cashier
Choir Leader
Jason Smith's Father
Miss Crane's Boyfriend

Irritated Movie Patron

Barton Parent (uncredited)
Boston Streeter / Pedestrian (uncredited)
Student