Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Adventure / Family / Fantasy /  more » User Ratings: 5.0 (3,326 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: The first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the old man who eventually became Santa Claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The second half moves into the modern era, in which Patch, the head elf, strikes out on his own and falls in with an evil toy manufacturer who wants to corner the market and eliminate Santa Claus.  more »

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Filmmakers: Jeannot Szwarc - Director, David Newman - Writer (story) (screenplay), Leslie Newman - Writer (story), Ilya Salkind - Producer, Pierre Spengler - Producer, Arthur Ibbetson - Cinematographer, Henry Mancini - Composer, Anthony Pratt - Production Designer, Peter Hollywood - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Dudley Moore ... Patch	3,238
	John Lithgow ... B.Z.	930
	David Huddleston ... Santa Claus	5,812
	Burgess Meredith ... Ancient Elf	1,472
	Judy Cornwell ... Anya Claus	8,186