Star in the Night

Star in the Night

1945 · 22 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, Family, Western

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.

Directed by Don Siegel · Written by Saul Elkins

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J. Carrol Naish Nick Catapoli
Donald Woods Hitchhiker
Rosina Galli Rosa Catapoli
Richard Erdman Middle Cowboy
Lynn Baggett Maria Santos
John Miles Left Cowboy
Anthony Caruso Jose Santos
Irving Bacon Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
Dick Elliott Traveler (uncredited)
Virginia Sale Miss Roberts (uncredited)
Cactus Mack Right Cowboy (uncredited)

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