The Christmas Star

1986 "Two kids made a believer out of him."
The Christmas Star
6.2| 1h34m| en| Drama, Family
Storyline

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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Walt Disney Pictures

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  • The Christmas Star Cast
Ed Asner as Horace McNickle
Jim Metzler as Stuart Jameson
Alan North as Captain Whittaker
Fred Gwynne as Waters
Frank C. Turner as Sad Sack Santa
Philip Bruns as Lucky
Nicolas Van Burek as Billy Jameson