The Three Kings
1987, English. Directed by Mel Damski.
The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the Three Wise Men for a Christmas pageant, the trio is suddenly struck with the delusion that they are really their Biblical counterparts on a quest to find the Baby Jesus. As TV cameras grind away, the three ersatz Kings surreptitiously ride out of the gates of the asylum—on camels—and into the mean streets of LA. As the story draws to its conclusion, the three escapees find themselves providing a Christmas miracle (but not in the form of rap) for a group of homeless people on the outskirts of the city.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Mel DamskiDirector
- Tiana AlexandraJan DuLong
- Jane KaczmarekDr. Paula Bolet
- Richard PartlowPolice Officer
- Lou Diamond PhillipsTag
- Art LaFleurPolice Officer
- Kavi RazFalafel Stand Worker
- Charles Nelson ReillyClerk
- Pepe SernaAlex Sweetwood
- Stan ShawPaul
- Tori SpellingGirl at Falafel Stand
- Vic TaybackHarold
- Jack WardenDavid
Details
- Released
- 17 December 1987
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Stirling Silliphant
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The Three Kings runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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The Three Kings isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 December 1987. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Three Kings?
The Three Kings (1987) was directed by Mel Damski and stars Tiana Alexandra, Jane Kaczmarek, Richard Partlow.