The Christmas Star

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Ed Asner

Horace McNickle

Age : 94 | Popularity : 17%

René Auberjonois

Sumner

Age : 79 | Popularity : 13%

Jim Metzler

Stuart Jameson

Age : 72 | Popularity : 5%

Susan Tyrrell

Sara

Age : 67 | Popularity : 6%

Alan North

Captain Whittaker

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Fred Gwynne

Waters

Age : 66 | Popularity : 11%

Frank C. Turner

Sad Sack Santa

Age : 72 | Popularity : 8%

Karen Landry

Clara Jameson

Age : 65 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Andrew London Joe Ravetz
Art	Art Direction	Eric Fraser
	Set Decoration	Helen Jarvis
	Production Design	Michael S. Bolton
Camera	Director of Photography	Paul Lohmann
Production	Executive Producer	Franklin R. Levy
	Producer	Alan Shapiro Jeffrey White
Sound	Original Music Composer	Ralph Burns
Directing	Director	Alan Shapiro
Writing	Writer	Alan Shapiro Carol Dysinger
Department	Role	Name

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