Star in the Night (1945)
1945 · Short film · 22 min · dir. Don Siegel
- Drama
- Family
- Western
Synopsis
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…
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Details
- Director
- Don Siegel
- Writer
- Saul Elkins
- Cinematography
- Robert Burks
- Studio
- The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 1945-10-13
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 1 win total
- Running time
- 22 minutes
Cast & crew
Don Siegel Director
J. Carrol Naish
Donald Woods
Rosina Galli
Richard Erdman
Lynn Baggett
John Miles
Anthony Caruso
Irving Bacon
