The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

Movie

Drama

TV Movie

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.

Date: 12/23/1979

Rating: 5.8

Cast: Fred Astaire, Gary Burghoff, John Byner, Bert Convy, Tara Buckman, Brooke Bundy, Eddie Barth, Ron Feinberg, Nanette Fabray, Harold Gould, Raymond Vitte, Debbie Lytton, Danny Wells, Carlo Imperato, André Gower, David Greenan, Majel Barrett, Sasha von Scherler, Eddie Ryder, Tony La Torre, Ted Thurston, Vincent Di Paolo, Pat Petersen

Fred Astaire