The Christmas Star

The Christmas Star is a made-for-television movie, originally broadcast as an episode of The Disney Sunday Movie on December 14, 1986.
==Synopsis==
Horace McNickle 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 resemblance to Santa resulting from his long white beard and heavyset features. He 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. He takes advantage of their naïveté 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.
==Availability==
Walt Disney Home Entertainment released the film on DVD on September 7, 2004.
==Cast==
Actor 	Character
Edward Asner 	Horace McNickle
Rene Auberjonois 	Mr. Sumner
Jim Metzler 	Stuart Jameson
Susan Tyrrell 	Sara Jameson
Karen Landry 	Clara
Alan North 	Captain Whittaker
Philip Bruns 	Lucky
Nicholas Van Burek	Billy Jameson
Vicki Wauchope 	Trudy Jameson
Zachary Ansley 	John Sumner
Fred Gwynne 	Waters
==Gallery==
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==External links==
*The Christmas Star at the Internet Movie Database
Category:1986 films
Category:Live-action films
Category:Walt Disney anthology series episodes
Category:Films
Category:Christmas films