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194522mEnglish

Star in the Night

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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.

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DirectorDon Siegel

Keywords

motelparallel storynativitychristmastraveler

Cast

J. Carrol Naish as Nick Catapoli

J. Carrol Naish

Nick Catapoli

Donald Woods as Hitchhiker

Donald Woods

Hitchhiker

Rosina Galli as Rosa Catapoli

Rosina Galli

Rosa Catapoli

Richard Erdman as Middle Cowboy

Richard Erdman

Middle Cowboy

Lynn Baggett as Maria Santos

Lynn Baggett

Maria Santos

John Miles as Left Cowboy

John Miles

Left Cowboy

Anthony Caruso as Jose Santos

Anthony Caruso

Jose Santos

Irving Bacon as Mr. Dilson (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Mr. Dilson (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey

Traveler's Wife (uncredited)

Dick Elliott as Traveler (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Traveler (uncredited)