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The Three Kings (1987)

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.

  • Family
  • Fantasy
  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Tiana AlexandraTiana AlexandraJan DuLong
  • Photo of Jane KaczmarekJane KaczmarekDr. Paula Bolet
  • Photo of Richard PartlowRichard PartlowPolice Officer
  • Photo of Lou Diamond PhillipsLou Diamond PhillipsTag
  • Photo of Art LaFleurArt LaFleurPolice Officer
  • Photo of Kavi RazKavi RazFalafel Stand Worker
  • Photo of Charles Nelson ReillyCharles Nelson ReillyClerk
  • Photo of Pepe SernaPepe SernaAlex Sweetwood
  • Photo of Stan ShawStan ShawPaul
  • Photo of Tori SpellingTori SpellingGirl at Falafel Stand

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