• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1988-11-11
  • Runtime91 minutes
  • TaglineA Holiday Comedy Unlike Any Other!
  • Revenue28,202,109$
  • GenreComedy, Family
  • Production
    CompaniesEmshell Producers, Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III
  • Budget6,000,000$

Movie Overview

When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.

Casts

Jim Varney

Noelle Parker

Gailard Sartain

Billie Bird

Bill Byrge

Douglas Seale

Robert Lesser

Jack Swanson

Jackie Welch

Daniel Butler

Tom Nowicki