Christmas Mountain: The Story Of A Cowboy Angel (1981): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1981, Christmas Mountain: The Story Of A Cowboy Angel is a drama, abenteuer, familie and western film directed by Pierre De Moro, running about 90 minutes. “A cowboy comes to a town at Christmas time.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. A cowboy comes to a town at Christmas time. He eats at a cafe but was unable to pay for his meal, so the owner throws him in jail. The town wants to alleviate their guilt over a Mexican family, who has pregnant woman with them, who lives on top of a mountain called Christmas mountain. They bail out the cowboy and tells to bring some old clothes and food to them. While there the young boy of the family feels sorry for him and prays that god will send him some help. It comes in the form of an old friend of his who died years ago. He tells him that he is not exactly living a proper life but he has a chance to turn things around, first by telling the townsfolk that their so called charity towards the Mexicans is not enough.

Who’s in it. Christmas Mountain: The Story Of A Cowboy Angel stars Mark Miller as Gabe Sweet, Slim Pickens as Murf, Fran Ryan as Flora and Barbara Stanger as Teresa, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.7/10, Christmas Mountain: The Story Of A Cowboy Angel sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In USA you can stream it on YouTube TV and Dove Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Christmas Mountain: The Story Of A Cowboy Angel page.

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