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The Three Kings

The Three Kings

19872.81h 36m

Overview

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.

Directed by Mel Damski
Written by Stirling Silliphant
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Top Cast

Tiana Alexandra

Tiana Alexandra

Jan DuLong

Jane Kaczmarek

Jane Kaczmarek

Dr. Paula Bolet

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Richard 'Rick' Partlow

Police Officer

Lou Diamond Phillips

Lou Diamond Phillips

Tag

Art LaFleur

Art LaFleur

Police Officer

Kavi Raz

Kavi Raz

Falafel Stand Worker

Charles Nelson Reilly

Charles Nelson Reilly

Clerk

Pepe Serna

Pepe Serna

Alex Sweetwood

Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw

Paul

Tori Spelling

Tori Spelling

Girl at Falafel Stand

Themes & Keywords

policechristianitycamelsaving christmaslapdjesus christ

About The Three Kings

The Three Kings is a family, fantasy, drama film released in 1987 exploring themes of police, christianity, camel, saving christmas, lapd, jesus christ. Directed by Mel Damski, it stars Tiana Alexandra, Jane Kaczmarek, Richard 'Rick' Partlow. 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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