The Night They Shot Santa Claus

Overview

December 24, 1930. That evening, small-time mug Hap Levinson is playing Santa Claus at the Sackman Orphan Home. Santa brings toys and ice cream to all the waifs. He walks outside, waves good-bye, and is promptly machine-gunned to death by hoods in a speeding car. Quite a shock for all the kiddies. Killing Santa is not a federal crime, but Eliot Ness investigates. Hap was a friend of Ness' for 10 years; they had sort of a truce. If Ness was on official business, they were on opposite sides of the law; unofficially, they were pals.

Guest Stars

Ruth White

Bertha Levinson

Nita Talbot

Renee Grayson

Ed Asner

Jimmy Canada

Barry Russo

Brikka

Murvyn Vye

Mike Volny

Grace Lee Whitney

Penny

James Gonzalez

Club Patron (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

Hap Levinson (uncredited)