The Christmas Star (1986)
1h 34m
Running Time
December 14, 1986Release Date
The Christmas Star (1986)
1h 34m
Running Time
December 14, 1986Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Ed Asner
Horace McNickle
René Auberjonois
Sumner
Jim Metzler
Stuart Jameson
Susan Tyrrell
Sara
Fred Gwynne
Waters
Karen Landry
Clara Jameson
Frank C. Turner
Sad Sack Santa
Alan North
Captain Whittaker
Philip Bruns
Lucky
Nicolas Van Burek
Billy Jameson
Vicki Wauchope
Trudy Jameson
Zachary Ansley
John
Alan Shapiro
Director
Peter Bibby
Jeremy
Lillian Carlson
Mrs. Thurgood
Carol Dysinger
Writer
David Glyn-Jones
Night Watchman
Anthony Holland
Old Con
Jeffrey White
Producer
Claire Vardiel
Mrs. Jerome
Ralph Burns
Composer
Linda Darlow
Warrington Mom
Lorraine Foreman
Mrs. Waters
Paul Lohmann
Cinematographer
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The Magic Hote (The Christmas Star) is an American-Canadian film directed by Alan Shapiro and aired in The Disney Sunday Movie on December 14, 1986 on ABC.In France, it was broadcast in two parts as a Sunday Family in Le Disney Channel on December 24, 1988 and December 31, 1988 on FR3. Recast in Samdynamite on December 8, 1989. Recast in Disney Parade on December 8, 1991 and December 15, 1991 on TF1.