---
title: 'The Santa Clause (1994)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Pasquin'
released: '1994-11-11'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-santa-clause-1994'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111070/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Santa Clause (1994)

1994 · 97 min · Fantasy, Comedy · United States

Part of: The Santa Clause

## Synopsis

The Santa Clause is a 1994 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by John Pasquin, produced by Brian Reilly, Jeffrey Silver, and Robert Newmyer, and written by the writing team of Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick. The first installment in The Santa Clause franchise, it stars Tim Allen as Scott Calvin, a divorced marketing executive who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof to his presumed death on Christmas Eve, inadvertently agreeing to a contract that forces him to take up the mantle.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Pasquin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-pasquin)
- **Screenplay:** [Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-benvenuti-and-steve-rudnick), [Leo Benvenuti](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-benvenuti), [Steve Rudnick](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-rudnick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Convertino](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-convertino)
- **Producer:** [Robert Newmyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-newmyer), [Jeffrey Silver](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-silver), [Brian Reilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-reilly)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walt Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-lloyd)
- **Editor:** [Larry Bock](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-bock)

## Cast

- [Tim Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-allen) as Scott Calvin
- [Judge Reinhold](https://cinepixo.com/people/judge-reinhold) as Neil Miller
- [Wendy Crewson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-crewson) as Laura
- [Eric Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-lloyd) as Charlie Calvin
- [David Krumholtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-krumholtz) as Bernard
- [Larry Brandenburg](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-brandenburg) as Detective Nunzio
- [Mary Gross](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gross) as Ms. Daniels
- [Paige Tamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/paige-tamada) as Elf-Judy
- [Peter Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boyle) as Mr. Whittle
- [Judith Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-scott) as Susan
- [Jayne Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/jayne-eastwood) as Waitress
- [Melissa King](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-king) as Little Girl
- [Bradley Wentworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/bradley-wentworth) as Elf at North Pole
- [Azura Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/azura-bates) as Elf in Hangar
- [Joshua Satok](https://cinepixo.com/people/joshua-satok) as Elf-Larry

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/the-santa-clause
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-santa-clause-1994
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