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The Christmas Star

12/14/1986

|

1hr 34min

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Drama

,Family

,TV Movie

Two kids made a believer out of him.

STORY

Horace McNickle (Edward Asner) is a two-time felon serving prison time for counterfeiting. On the week before Christmas, he escapes from prison dressed as Santa Claus due to his uncanny resemblence to St. Nick resulting from his long white beard and heavyset features. McNickle hides out from the police in a nearby suburban neighborhood where he is befriended and helped by two local children who think he is the real Santa Claus. McNickle takes advantage of the kids naive ness to help him get his counterfeit money hidden somewhere in a local department store while he develops kind-hearted feelings for his two con victims that make him slowly understand the true nature of Christmas.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ed Asner
  • René Auberjonois
  • Jim Metzler
  • Susan Tyrrell
  • Alan North

    Director

  • Carol Dysinger

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Lake Walloon Productions
  • Walt Disney Television

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Ed Asner

Horace McNickle

René Auberjonois

Sumner

Jim Metzler

Stuart Jameson

Susan Tyrrell

Sara

Alan North

Captain Whittaker

Fred Gwynne

Waters

Frank C. Turner

Sad Sack Santa

Karen Landry

Clara Jameson

Philip Bruns

Lucky

Nicolas Van Burek

Billy Jameson

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