On
Christmas Eve, Nick Catapoli (J. Carrol Naish) owner of the Star Auto Court is
installing a huge electric star to attract customers, but his first visitor of
the night is a Hitchhiker (Donald Woods) who extols the virtues of Christmas.
Nick
however is a cynic and doesn’t have a good word to say about it, his wife on
the other hand is Rosa (Rosina Galli) who has a heart of gold so when José and
Maria Santos (Anthony Caruso and Lynn Baggett) arrive at the motel looking for
a room she makes sure the expectant mother has a place to lay her head.
As
the moment of the birth grows near all the guests rally round Mr. Dilson
(Irving Bacon), a traveller and his wife (Dick Elliott and Claire Du Brey) and
Miss Roberts (Virginia Sale), and when the child has been born, three cowboys
(Richard Erdman, John Miles and Cactus Mack) who had followed the star, arrive
laden with gifts.
As
an observer to proceeding Nick is largely oblivious but when his bemusement
melts away, he learns that there is still goodness and Christmas Spirit in the
world.
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