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The Three Kings
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The Three Kings

1987-12-17 · 96 min · ★ 4.0

Family · Fantasy · Drama

The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the Three Wise Men for a Christmas pageant, the trio is suddenly struck with the delusion that they are really their Biblical counterparts on a quest to find the Baby Jesus. As TV cameras grind away, the three ersatz Kings surreptitiously ride out of the gates of the asylum—on camels—and into the mean streets of LA. As the story draws to its conclusion, the three escapees find themselves providing a Christmas miracle (but not in the form of rap) for a group of homeless people on the outskirts of the city.

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Directors
Mel Damski
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Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tiana AlexandraTiana AlexandraJan DuLong
Jane KaczmarekJane KaczmarekDr. Paula Bolet
Richard PartlowPolice Officer
Lou Diamond PhillipsLou Diamond PhillipsTag
Art LaFleurArt LaFleurPolice Officer
Kavi RazKavi RazFalafel Stand Worker
Charles Nelson ReillyCharles Nelson ReillyClerk
Pepe SernaPepe SernaAlex Sweetwood
Stan ShawStan ShawPaul
Tori SpellingTori SpellingGirl at Falafel Stand
Vic TaybackVic TaybackHarold
Jack WardenJack WardenDavid
Aaron MendelsohnAaron MendelsohnTrendy Boy
Joey ArescoJoey Aresco
H. Richard GreeneH. Richard Greene
Rick LenzRick Lenz
Jerry HouserJerry Houser
Sheldon FeldnerSheldon Feldner
Mike PniewskiMike Pniewski
Phil RubensteinPhil Rubenstein

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