Miracle on 34th Street is a 1973 American made-for-television Christmas comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Fielder Cook.

[2] Additionally, the New York City-based Macy's department store allowed their name to be used in this film, unlike the later version.

At the same time, Karen's daughter, Susan, an intelligent but cynical six-year-old, meets her new neighbor, Bill Schafner, a lawyer, and decides to try and hook him up with her mother.

Kris finds a kindred spirit in the janitor, Alfred, who gets joy out of dressing as Santa at the local YMCA every year.

He also learns that Susan has been raised to not believe in Santa Claus or possess an imagination, two things he intends to correct.

During the hearing, Mr. Macy is placed on the stand and, contemplating the bad publicity if he declared his own Santa a fraud, he says he believes in Kris and fires Sawyer.

As Karen and Bill discover Kris's distinctive cane, they realize he made the arrangements and declare their love for each other.

The reviewer praised a "winning cast," especially Sebastian Cabot: "charming," although "No Santa, of course, could match the gentle whimsey of the late Edmund Gwenn in the movie," concluding that "Two good “Miracles” should make the season merrier.