The Christmas Star (1986)

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Release Date: Dec 14, 1986 Wide

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Release Date: Dec 14, 1986 Wide

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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, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Drama, Television, Kids & Family, Comedy

Directed By: Alan Shapiro

In Theaters: Dec 14, 1986 Wide

On DVD: Sep 7, 2004

Cast

Rene Auberjonois
Sumner
Edward Asner
Horace McNickle
Fred Gwynne
Waters
Anthony Holland
Old Con
David Longworth
Cop
Jim Metzler
Stuart Jameson
Alan North
Captain Whittaker
William Taylor
Gate Guard
Susan Tyrrell
Sara Jameson
Jerry Wasserman
Desk Sergeant
Karen Landry
Clara
Frank C. Turner
Sad Sack Santa
Nicholas Van Burek
Lead Child Actor
John Payne
Mr. Jerome
Nicolas Van Burek
Philip Bruns
Vicki Wauchope

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Great Christmas film where fuzzy-faced Ed Asner escapes from prison by stealing a Santa costume, and then is mistaken for the real Santa Claus by a group of kids. He enlists their help to find the cash his dead partner stashed away after a robbery. Ed turns from a crusty criminal to a warm-hearted man, whilst helping

June 9, 2007