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.
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Jim Varney
Ernest P. Worrell
Oliver Clark
Joe Carruthers
Noelle Parker
Harmony
Gailard Sartain
Chuck
Billie Bird
Mary Morrissey
Bill Byrge
Bobby
Douglas Seale
Santa
Robert Lesser
Marty
Key Howard
Immigration Agent
Jack Swanson
Businessman
Buddy Douglas
Pyramus
Patty Maloney
Thisbe
Beecher Martin
Agent Skippy
Barry Brazell
Cab Passenger
George Kaplan
Mr. Dillis
John Cherry
Director
Ed Turner
Screenplay
B. Kline
Screenplay
Ed Turner
Story
Martin Erlichman
Executive Producer
Joseph L. Akerman Jr.
Executive Producer
Doug Claybourne
Producer
Stacy Williams
Producer
Peter Stein
Director of Photography
Mark Snow
Original Music Composer
Sharyn L. Ross
Editor
Peter Mitchell
Costume Design
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