Star in the Night

22min

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.

Production Companies

The Vitaphone Corporation

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

Nick Catapoli
Donald Woods

Donald Woods

Hitchhiker
Rosina Galli

Rosina Galli

Rosa Catapoli
Richard Erdman

Richard Erdman

Middle Cowboy
Lynn Baggett

Lynn Baggett

Maria Santos
John Miles

John Miles

Left Cowboy
Anthony Caruso

Anthony Caruso

Jose Santos
Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey

Claire Du Brey

Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Traveler (uncredited)
Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

Miss Roberts (uncredited)
Cactus Mack

Cactus Mack

Right Cowboy (uncredited)

Release date

13th Oct 1945

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English