---
title: 'Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jeannot Szwarc'
released: '1985-11-27'
runtime_minutes: 95
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/santa-claus-the-movie-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089961/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

1985 · PG · 95 min · Fantasy, Family · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Santa Claus: The Movie is a 1985 Christmas fantasy film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring David Huddleston, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, Judy Cornwell and Burgess Meredith. It depicts the origin of Santa Claus, and his modern-day adventure to save Patch, one of his elves (Moore) who has been manipulated by B.Z., an unscrupulous toy company executive (Lithgow).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jeannot Szwarc](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeannot-szwarc)
- **Screenplay:** [David Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-newman-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-mancini)
- **Producer:** [Ilya Salkind](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilya-salkind), [Pierre Spengler](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-spengler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Ibbetson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-ibbetson)

## Cast

- [David Huddleston](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-huddleston)
- [Burgess Meredith](https://cinepixo.com/people/burgess-meredith)
- [Dudley Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-moore)
- [John Lithgow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lithgow)
- [Judy Cornwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-cornwell)
- [Jeffrey Kramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-kramer)

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