The Christmas Star
Two kids made a believer out of him.
94 mins
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.
Karen Landry
Clara Jameson
Vicki Wauchope
Trudy Jameson
Peter Bibby
Jeremy
Lorraine Foreman
Mrs. Waters
Joseph Golland
Janitor
Alan Shapiro
Director
Carol Dysinger
Writer
Alan Shapiro
Writer
Helen Jarvis
Set Decoration
Ralph Burns
Original Music Composer
Paul Lohmann
Director of Photography
Alan Shapiro
Producer
Franklin R. Levy
Executive Producer
Michael S. Bolton
Production Design
Joe Ravetz
Editor
Eric Fraser
Art Direction
Andrew London
Editor
Jeffrey White
Producer