The Christmas Star (1986)
Directed by Alan Shapiro
Genres - Drama, Children's/Family |
Sub-Genres - Family-Oriented Comedy, Holiday Film |
Release Date - Dec 14, 1986 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 104 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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.
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Santa-Claus, child, Christmas, escaped-convict, assumed-identity, plans, retrieve, department-store, disguise, loot, hidden, pawnbroker
