Star in the Night
1945, English. Directed by Don Siegel.
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.
- Runtime
- 0h 22m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Don SiegelDirector
- J. Carrol NaishNick Catapoli
- Donald WoodsHitchhiker
- Rosina GalliRosa Catapoli
- Richard ErdmanMiddle Cowboy
- Lynn BaggettMaria Santos
- John MilesLeft Cowboy
- Anthony CarusoJose Santos
- Irving BaconMr. Dilson (uncredited)
- Claire Du BreyTraveler's Wife (uncredited)
- Dick ElliottTraveler (uncredited)
- Virginia SaleMiss Roberts (uncredited)
- Cactus MackRight Cowboy (uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 13 October 1945
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Saul Elkins, Don Siegel
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Star in the Night runs 22 minutes (0h 22m).
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Star in the Night isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 October 1945. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Star in the Night, try The Call of the Wild, Angels in the Snow, It's a Wonderful Life.
Who directed Star in the Night?
Star in the Night (1945) was directed by Don Siegel and stars J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods, Rosina Galli.