The Christmas Star
Two kids made a believer out of him.
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.
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.
Genre: Drama, Family, TV Movie
Actor: Ed Asner, René Auberjonois, Jim Metzler, Susan Tyrrell, Alan North, Fred Gwynne, Frank C. Turner, Karen Landry, Philip Bruns, Nicolas Van Burek
Director: Alan Shapiro
Country: United States of America
Produced By: Lake Walloon Productions, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Television
Runtime: 94
Release: 1986
Rating: 5.7 out of 10
Language: English, en,
Views: 505
Content Rating:TV-G
Quality: DVD
