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Star in the Night is a american film of genre Drama directed by Don Siegel released in USA on 13 october 1945 with J. Carrol Naish
Star in the Night (1945)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 october 1945
Length 22minutes
Directed by Don Siegel
OriginUSA
Themes Christmas films
Rating76%
Star in the Night is a 1945 American short drama film directed by Don Siegel. The film was Siegel's directorial debut, and won an Academy Award in 1946 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). The film is a modern-day retelling of the Nativity story, set on Christmas Eve at a desert motel in the Southwestern United States.
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Christmas Eve in a lonely desert in the Southwestern United States: Three riding cowboys have just bought out Christmas presents from a store, although they actually don't need them. One of the cowboys says that he just had the feeling that he should buy gifts to give them to someone. The cowboys see a flashing star in the distance, which they ride over to investigate. The star is actually a second hand star, used by the Italian-American Nick Catapoli for his little motel in the desert. A mysterious hitchiker appears at Nick's motel who states that he just wants to come in from the cold for a little while. Nick and the Hitchhiker have a discussion about Christmas. While the hitchiker tries to explain the true meaning of Christmas with love, goodwill and brotherhood; Nick opposes the holiday: He thinks that people behave bad during most of the year, but then try to behave in a fake-friendly way at Christmas. Nick shows the hitchiker his motel customers as examples: Miss Roberts complains about the noise of Christmas carolers; the businessman Mr. Dilson is furious about the shirt-cleaning service that Nick uses and a travelling couple demands to get extra blankets for their room.Actors
J. Carrol Naish
(Nick Catapoli)
Donald Woods
(Hitchhiker)
Richard Erdman
(Middle Cowboy)
Rosina Galli
(Rosa Catapoli)
Lynn Baggett
(Maria Santos)
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