A Christmas Story

    • Director: Bob Clark
    • Released: November 18, 1983
    • Run time: 94 Minutes
    • Starring Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon and Darren McGavin
    • A sequel, My Summer Story, was released in 1994
  • The cult Christmas classic A Christmas Story is a popular holiday comedy film based on the writings of author Jean Shepherd. The film follows Ralphie, a nine-year-old boy, on his quest to receive the perfect Christmas present: a Red Rider BB gun.
  • Jean Shepherd

    Author Jean Shepherd was popular for his radio shows and novels based on his nostalgic memories of life in the 1940s. The film A Christmas Story, which he co-wrote, was based on events recounted in his books In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories. Shepherd appears in the film; he is the man who directs Ralphie and his brother to the end of the Santa Claus line.

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