Profile
The Christmas Star
RATING6.1 / 10
GENRESDrama, Family, TV-Movie
YEAR1980s / 1986
RUNTIME1h 34m
LANGUAGEEnglish
COUNTRYUnited States
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.
Necessary Parties
NECESSARY PARTIES
6.9  —  FAMILY / DRAMA
A Girl of the Limberlost
A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST
6.6  —  DRAMA / TV-MOVIE
Aunt Mary
AUNT MARY
7.4  —  TV-MOVIE / DRAMA
Mary White
MARY WHITE
6.3  —  DRAMA / TV-MOVIE
Kate's Secret
KATE'S SECRET
6.3  —  TV-MOVIE / DRAMA
A Fight for Jenny
A FIGHT FOR JENNY
6.0  —  DRAMA / TV-MOVIE
Shattered Spirits
SHATTERED SPIRITS
5.9  —  TV-MOVIE / DRAMA
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
CHRISTMAS COMES TO WILLOW CREEK
6.4  —  DRAMA / FAMILY