"The Victors"
What was the name of the director who used Frank Sinatra's version?
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Frank Sinatra's version was controversially used by director Carl Foreman in his 1963 anti-war film "The Victors" as the soundtrack backdrop (along with the carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing") to the execution by firing squad of a G.I. deserter in a bleak, snowy field on Christmas Eve - a scene inspired by the real-life execution of Pvt. Eddie Slovik in 1945. The "New York Times" film reviewer, while recognising the power of the scene, complained that "the device itself is almost as specious and sentimental as what is trying to mock."