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6.3/10   69 votes
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Director:
Alan Shapiro
Writers:
Carol Dysinger (writer)
Alan Shapiro (writer)
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Release Date:
14 December 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Family more
Tagline:
Two kids made a believer out of him.
Plot:
An escaped convict hides out in a suburban neighborhood and is befriended by two neighborhood children who think he is the real Santa Claus. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Nice little Christmas movie made for TV more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Edward Asner ... Horace McNickle

Rene Auberjonois ... Sumner

Jim Metzler ... Stuart Jameson
Susan Tyrrell ... Sara

Karen Landry ... Clara Jameson
Alan North ... Captain Whittaker

Philip Bruns ... Lucky
Nicolas Van Burek ... Billy Jameson
Vicki Wauchope ... Trudy Jameson
Zachary Ansley ... John
Fred Gwynne ... Waters
Peter Bibby ... Jeremy
Lillian Carlson ... Mrs. Thurgood
David Glyn-Jones ... Night Watchman
Anthony Holland ... Old Con
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Greece:94 min | USA:94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:G | UK:PG (Video rating)

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Referenced in Elf (2003) more

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2 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Nice little Christmas movie made for TV, 16 December 2001
Author: og_byrne

What I love the most about Christmas its that their his lots of old movie like this one on TV. It just finished an hour now and I wanted to write about it before I think of something else. This is a lovely film and it confirmed what I knew since a long time,That Barret Oliver was the greatest child actor their was during the 80's,He his so natural.Even now compare him to Haley Joel Osmend and you can see that Barret was even better. Anyway, the film his simple but it work,after the credit roll you feel happy and full of hope for mankind. It's a shame that they dont do Christmas movie like this anymore.

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