Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town. She hides the reindeer in her barn and feeds it cookies, until she can return it to Santa. Her father finds the reindeer and decides to sell it to the butcher, not for venison chops, but as an advertising display.
- farm
- small town
- holiday
- veterinarian
- santa claus
- barn
- reindeer
- widower
- single father
- christmas
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Cloris Leachman — Mrs. McFarland
- Ariana Richards — Carol Wetherby
- Abe Vigoda — Orel Benton
- Michael Constantine — Mr. Stewart / Santa
- Mark Rolston — Herb Drier
- Johnny Galecki — Billy Quinn
- Walter Charles — Minister
- Victor Truro — Mr. Young
- Marcia Porter — Mrs. Fairburn
- Loren Janes — Mr. Soot
- Robert Zimmermann — Wagnall
- Directed
- John D. Hancock
- Written
- Greg Taylor
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 109 ratings
- Studio
- Raffaella Productions, Cineplex-Odeon Films, Nelson Entertainment
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