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13/10/1945 Drama, Family, Western 0h 22m
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Overview

Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by a kindly stranger on Christmas Eve. The motel's guests are only concerned for themselves until a poor man and his wife drive up to the motel, unable to go any further. Out of rooms, Nick's wife prepares a place for them in a shed under a neon star Nick had just finished hanging. Their plight brings out the generosity in everyone, including Nick, who remembers another family almost two thousand years earlier that also found a makeshift room at an inn under another kind of star.

  1. Don Siegel

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. J. Carrol Naish

    Nick Catapoli

  2. Donald Woods

    Hitchhiker

  3. Rosina Galli

    Rosa Catapoli

  4. Richard Erdman

    Middle Cowboy

  5. Lynn Baggett

    Maria Santos

  6. John Miles

    Left Cowboy

  7. Anthony Caruso

    Jose Santos

  8. Irving Bacon

    Mr. Dilson (uncredited)

  9. Claire Du Brey

    Traveler's Wife (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-08
In what is a fairly straight re-imagining of the Nativity story, we encounter three cowboys riding across the desert armed with an huge great pile of recently bought gifts - it seems two of them rather fancied the sales-girl in the shop! Anyway, when they see a bright star they decide go and investigate. Pretty swiftly, they arrive at a motel where the rather curmudgeonly owner "Nick" (J. Carrol Naish) has only just, reluctantly, agreed to let a newly arrived and expectant couple use his lobby as a place to sleep for the night. Luckily, his wife "Rosa" (Rosina Galli) has a little more of the C...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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