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Star in the Night( 1945)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      J. Carrol Naish

      Nick Catapoli

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      Donald Woods

      Hitchhiker

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      Rosina Galli

      Rosa Catapoli

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      Richard Erdman

      Middle Cowboy

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      Lynn Baggett

      Maria Santos

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      John Miles

      Left Cowboy

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      Anthony Caruso

      Jose Santos

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      Irving Bacon

      Mr. Dilson (uncredited)

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      Claire Du Brey

      Traveler's Wife (uncredited)

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      Dick Elliott

      Traveler (uncredited)

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      Virginia Sale

      Miss Roberts (uncredited)

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      Cactus Mack

      Right Cowboy (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Feb 08 2024
    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 Ch...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • motel
    • parallel story
    • nativity
    • christmas
    • traveler