Horace McNickle (Edward Asner) is a two-time felon serving prison time for counterfeiting. On the week before Christmas, he escapes from prison dressed as Santa Claus due to his uncanny resemblence to St. Nick resulting from his long white beard and heavyset features. McNickle hides out from the police in a nearby suburban neighborhood where he is befriended and helped by two local children who think he is the real Santa Claus. McNickle takes advantage of the kids naive ness to help him get his counterfeit money hidden somewhere in a local department store while he develops kind-hearted feelings for his two con victims that make him slowly understand the true nature of Christmas.
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Ed Asner as Horace McNickle
René Auberjonois as Sumner
Jim Metzler as Stuart Jameson
Susan Tyrrell as Sara
Alan North as Captain Whittaker
Fred Gwynne as Waters
Frank C. Turner as Sad Sack Santa
Karen Landry as Clara Jameson
Philip Bruns as Lucky
Nicolas Van Burek as Billy Jameson
Vicki Wauchope as Trudy Jameson
Peter Bibby as Jeremy
Lillian Carlson as Mrs. Thurgood
David Glyn-Jones as Night Watchman
Anthony Holland as Old Con
Claire Vardiel as Mrs. Jerome
Linda Darlow as Warrington Mom
Lorraine Foreman as Mrs. Waters
Joseph Golland as Janitor
Russell Hunter as Old McNickle
David Longworth as Con
John Payne as Mr. Jerome
Robyn Stevan as Waters Kid
Don Thompson as Janitor
Jerry Wasserman as Desk Sergeant
William S. Taylor as Gate Guard
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