This Man Is Mine (also known as Christmas Weekend) is a 1946 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Tom Walls, Glynis Johns and Jeanne De Casalis.
[1][2] The screenplay was by Mabel Constanduros, David Evans, Norman Lee, Doreen Montgomery|, Nicholas Phipps and Val Valentine based on the hit West End play A Soldier for Christmas by Reginald Beckwith.
The sardonic Ronnie finds himself pushed aside, and even when he saves Bill's life rescuing some mail stolen by a criminal gang, he allows the Canadian to be hailed as a hero and himself as a coward.
[citation needed] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "his outstandingly bright British comedy finds humour in the irritating shortages of contemporary England.
"[4] Kine Weekly wrote: "The picture, unfolded in retrospect, has many facets – calf-love, suburban snobbery, family loyalty, and gangster stuff all figure in its happy pattern – and the salient gags follow through with maximum effect.