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Star in the Night

Star in the Night

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DramaFamilyWestern

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

22 mins

Rating

7.381/10

Release Date

13 October 1945

Country

United States of America

Cast

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

Nick Catapoli

Donald Woods

Donald Woods

Hitchhiker

Rosina Galli

Rosina Galli

Rosa Catapoli

Richard Erdman

Richard Erdman

Middle Cowboy

Lynn Baggett

Lynn Baggett

Maria Santos

John Miles

John Miles

Left Cowboy

Anthony Caruso

Anthony Caruso

Jose Santos

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Mr. Dilson (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey

Claire Du Brey

Traveler's Wife (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Traveler (uncredited)

Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

Miss Roberts (uncredited)

Cactus Mack

Cactus Mack

Right Cowboy (uncredited)

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