The Christmas Star (1986)
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Christmas Star is a two-hour whimsy assault, originally telecast December 14, 1986 on The Disney Sunday Movie. Ed Asner plays an escaped convict who adopts a stolen Santa Claus suit as a disguise. Several impressionable youngsters, believing Asner to be the genuine Santa, latch onto him. He decides to use these moppets to help him find his ill-gotten loot, which his partner has hidden in department store Christmas decorations. The ending is as misty-eyed as it is predictable. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 94 mins
Complete Cast:
- René Auberjonois - Sumner
- Fred Gwynne - Waters
- David Longworth - Cop
- Alan North - Captain Whittaker
- Susan Tyrrell - Sara Jameson
- Karen Landry - Clara
- Nicholas Van Burek - Lead Child Actor
- Ed Asner - Horace McNickle
- Anthony Holland - Old Con
- Jim Metzler - Stuart Jameson
- William Taylor - Gate Guard
- Jerry Wasserman - Desk Sergeant
- Frank C. Turner - Sad Sack Santa
- John Payne - Mr. Jerome
- Director(s):
- Alan Shapiro
- Writer(s):
- Alan Shapiro
- Producer(s):
- Alan Shapiro, Jeffrey White
- Categories:
- Television, Family & Kids
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