

After the death of his parents, 10-year-old Jackson Mayhew moves in with his Aunt. But when he befriends an elderly man, he begins to suspect that the old man is actually Santa Claus.
Acting
Hume Cronyn's twinkly-eyed ambiguity carries the whole thing.
Direction
Bruce Davison sneaking himself into his own movie as the skeptic doctor.

Director
Bruce Davison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hume Cronyn was 90 during filming and still doing his own minimal stunts—legend behavior.
This is peak 'Hallmark before Hallmark' cinema: made-for-TV warmth, suspiciously low vote count, inexplicable staying power.