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.

Released

1945-10-13

Genres

Drama, Family, Western

Runtime

22 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Don Siegel, Saul Elkins, Don Siegel

TMDB rating

7.5/10 from 24 votes