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Film / 1990
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
This anthology gathers four episodes of the 1985-87 television series "Amazing Stories." Santa Claus (Douglas Seale) gets arrested when a burglar alarm goes off as he's delivering presents. A lonely bachelor (John Lithgow) buys a mysterious doll. A museum thief (Danny DeVito) gives a purloined ring to his wife (Rhea Perlman), unaware that the previous owner's ghost inhabits it, and 75 years after he accidentally caused a train to crash, an old man (Roberts Blossom) …
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This anthology gathers four episodes of the 1985-87 television series "Amazing Stories." Santa Claus (Douglas Seale) gets arrested when a burglar alarm goes off as he's delivering presents. A lonely bachelor (John Lithgow) buys a mysterious doll. A museum thief (Danny DeVito) gives a purloined ring to his wife (Rhea Perlman), unaware that the previous owner's ghost inhabits it, and 75 years after he accidentally caused a train to crash, an old man (Roberts Blossom) waits for his penance.
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The Amazing Stories Movie Collection
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Cast
Danny DeVitoHerbert
Rhea PerlmanLois
John LithgowJohn Walters
Lukas HaasBrian Globe
Douglas SealeSanta Claus
Roberts BlossomOpa Globe
Pat HingleSheriff
Gabriel DamonBobby Mynes
Marvin J. McIntyreDeputy Weatherby
Frances BayMrs. Santa Claus
Stephen LeeDad
Joan WellesMom
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