''When Angels Come to Town '' is a 2004 American

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

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. It first aired on

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. The film is a second sequel to the 2001 television film ''

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''The New York Times'', November 26, 2004

Plot

The angel Max (

) is sent to

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to help out a family during the Christmas season. Max goes to a Christmas store and leaves behind a box. The attending counter girl, Sally (Tammy Blanchard) goes after him but Max has disappeared. Sally is a kindhearted young woman who is trying to gain custody of her younger brother Jimmy (Alexander Conti) so he doesn't go into the foster system. Because Max has diverted from his mission of delivering the box to its rightful owner by inadvertently helping the wrong family, his supervisor Jo (

) arrives to chastise him and guide him to the Hoffman family where father and son are almost estranged due to their disagreement in how to run their family owned Christmas ornament business.

Cast

as Max, a whimsical, kind angel sent to help the Hoffman family"'When Angels Come to Town' Cast/Overview"
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as Sally Reid * Seann Gallagher as Karl Hoffman, a young businessman who has recently taken over the family-run Christmas ornament business and is modernising the business much to the dismay of his old school German father *

as Jo, an angel sent to supervise Max *

Alexander Conti Alexander Biagio Conti (born 1 September 1993) is a Canadian actor. He made his acting debut in the film ''Finding Forrester'' (2000). Since then, he has been nominated for five Young Artist Awards. Biography Conti was born in Brantford, On ...

as Jimmy Reid, Sally's kid brother *

Vlasta Vrána Vlasta Vrána (born 1950), is a Canadian actor of Czech descent. Life and career Vrána, born to Czech parents in Norway, moved to Canada at age four. He made his feature-film debut in Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's '' Shivers''. Vrána ...

as Franz Hoffman, Karl's father who wants his son to appreciate their traditions *

Kathleen Fee Kathleen Fee (born in Montreal, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name ...

as Marion, an employee at the Hoffmans' ornament factory * Wyatt Bowen as Charlie * Babs Chula as Lois Vernon, a social worker who is handling Jimmy's case * Marc Anthony Krupa as Uncle Gregory

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* * 2004 television films 2004 films American Christmas drama films 2000s Christmas drama films 2000s fantasy drama films Television sequel films CBS network films Films directed by Andy Wolk Films scored by Patrick Williams Christmas television films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{Christmas-tv-film-stub

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