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On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
Luca Slade
- RAF Serviceman
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Mario Torella
- Naval Commander
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I was pleasantly surprised with The Shepherd. It succeeds in making the use of every minute, it does not waste time and gets straight to its storyline and key events. Yet you do not feel it is rushed at all. I found myself feeling that maybe a lot of films and productions can take a page from their book. So many unnecessary features are added to many Christmas films, films in general. Sometimes stripping it back to its core basics and main plot points works. Simplicity can be very effective and wholesome. A nice little story was conveyed about the magic of Christmas, it was a good Samaritan in the air.
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- TriviaAlthough this is the short story's first screen adaptation, the story has been read nearly every Christmas Eve, or the Friday night closest to it, on CBC Radio One's radio show, "As it Happens" by Alan Maitland since 1979.
- GoofsAlthough withdrawn from front line fighter service in 1953, the Vampire remained in service as a ground attack and training aircraft and was only fully retired in 1966.
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Johnny Kavanagh: Okay, we're three miles out. Follow me down, I'm taking you home.
- SoundtracksIn the Bleak Midwinter
Written by Christina Georgina Rossetti (as Christina Rossetti)
Performed by Sam Brophy
Courtesy of BMG Music Production
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- Runtime38 minutes
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