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
motel
parallel story
nativity
christmas
traveler
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Cast
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)
Crew
Don Siegel
Director
William Lava
Music
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Andrew Warren
8.0★ · 12/01/24
Absolutely loved this Oscar award winning short film about the miracles of Christmas. You would not find this short to be this heartwarming and emotional from the man who directed Dirty Harry and Escape from Alcatraz. Absolutely recommend watching this short film this Christmastime.
Absolutely loved this Oscar award winning short film about the miracles of Christmas. You would not find this short to be this heartwarming and emotional from the man who directed Dirty Harry and Escape from Alcatraz. Absolutely recommend watching this short film this Christmastime.
