How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

*How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale*
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
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Based on	How to Marry a Millionaire ; by Nunnally Johnson ; Jean Negulesco ; ; The Greeks Had a Word for It; by Zoe Akins ; Loco; by Dale Eunson; Katherine Albert ;
Written by	Steven Peterman ; Gary Dontzig ;
Directed by	Rod Daniel
Starring	John Stamos ; Joshua Malina ; Shemar Moore ; Rhea Perlman ; Gabrielle Anwar ;
Composer	Teddy Castellucci
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Ian Sander ; Kim Moses ;
Producers	Steven Peterman; Gary Dontzig;
Cinematography	Bing Sokolsky
Editor	Jack Hofstra
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Fox Television Studios ; Regency Television ; Stu Segall Productions ;
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	December 20, 2000

Last updated November 11, 2025

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale is a 2000 American Christmas romantic comedy television film directed by Rod Daniel, starring John Stamos, Joshua Malina, and Shemar Moore. It is a remake of the 1953 film How to Marry a Millionaire , in-turn based on the plays The Greeks Had a Word for It (1930) by Zoe Akins and Loco (1946) by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert, and premiered on Fox on December 20, 2000.

Premise

Three friends, disillusioned with their romantic lives, plot to marry millionaires before Christmas Day. In the course, however, they find love each one in his own way.

Cast

John Stamos as Tom Nathan
Joshua Malina as Mark Sickler
Shemar Moore as Jason Hunt
Gabrielle Anwar as Jenny Seeger
Dorie Barton as Tiffany Kennedy
Carole Raphaelle Davis as Catherine
Rhea Perlman as Jacqueline Kennedy
Dabney Coleman as John F. Kennedy

Reception

Steven Oxman from Variety magazine wrote: "Despite attractive trappings and some distinctly delightful cameos, Fox's How to Marry a Billionaire ultimately comes off as a wooden effort Fox's take on the original 1953 pic replaces the three women out to marry into money with three men out to accomplish the same—and adds extra zeroes to the titular target. But while the argument presented in the pic—what's good for the goose should be good for the gander (if women can marry for money, why not men?)—makes perfect sense, this story remains an idea that never quite works, resulting in a joyless, if intermittently amusing, made-for."^[1]

References

↑ Oxman, Steven (December 18, 2000). "Review: 'How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale'". Variety . Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

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[1] Oxman, Steven (December 18, 2000). "Review: 'How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale'". Variety . Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

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