The mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math teacher trying to get the nerve to propose, a homeless restaurateur trying to hide from the mob, and a harried political speech writer visiting with his estranged wife and son. Their lives are inexorably changed by their experience of playing Santa Claus.
Cast
Fred Astaire
Santa Claus
Gary Burghoff
Bob Willis
John Byner
Stan Summerville
Bert Convy
Gil Travis
Tara Buckman
Polly Primer
Brooke Bundy
Linda Travis
Eddie Barth
Babyskin
Ron Feinberg
Bruno Betinger
Nanette Fabray
Dora Dayton
Harold Gould
Dickie Dayton
Raymond Vitte
Eddie
Debbie Lytton
Melissa
Danny Wells
Chandler
Carlo Imperato
Dom
André Gower
Terry Travis
David Greenan
Rod Sanborn
Majel Barrett
Miss Forsythe
Sasha von Scherler
Shopper
Eddie Ryder
Hans
Tony La Torre
Angelo
Ted Thurston
Clerk
Vincent Di Paolo
Street Vendor (uncredited)
Pat Petersen
Lance
Crew
Corey Allen
Director
George Kirgo
Screenplay
Leonard Gershe
Story
Lovel S. Ellis
Editor
Woody Omens
Director of Photography
Leonard S. Smith Jr.
Second Assistant Director
Dick Clark
Executive Producer
Al Schwartz
Co-Executive Producer
Lee Miller
Producer
Peter Matz
Music
Michele Guiol
Set Decoration
Franklin Swig
Art Direction
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