Where to Watch The Christmas Star Online

Looking to feast your eyes on 'The Christmas Star' in the comfort of your own home? Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Alan Shapiro-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Christmas Star' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Christmas Star' right now, here are some finer points about the Lake Walloon Productions, Walt Disney Television tv movie flick.

Released December 14th, 1986, 'The Christmas Star' stars Ed Asner, René Auberjonois, Jim Metzler, Susan Tyrrell The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a user score of 57 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 29 respected users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."

'The Christmas Star' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Apple iTunes, Microsoft Store, Vudu, Disney Plus, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Amazon Video .