Star in the Night (1945)
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.
Director:
Don Siegel
Writer:
Saul Elkins
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J. Carrol Naish as Nick Catapoli |
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Donald Woods as Hitchhiker |
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Rosina Galli as Rosa Catapoli |
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Richard Erdman as Middle Cowboy |
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Lynn Baggett as Maria Santos |
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John Miles as Left Cowboy |
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Anthony Caruso as Jose Santos |
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Irving Bacon as Mr. Dilson (uncredited) |
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Claire Du Brey as Traveler's Wife (uncredited) |
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Dick Elliott as Traveler (uncredited) |
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Virginia Sale as Miss Roberts (uncredited) |
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Cactus Mack as Right Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Directing | Don Siegel | Director |
| Sound | William Lava | Music |
| Production | Gordon Hollingshead | Producer |
| Editing | Rex Steele | Editor |
| Writing | Saul Elkins | Screenplay |
| Art | Roland E. Hill Sr. | Art Direction |
| Camera | Robert Burks | Director of Photography |
