The Three Kings

The Three Kings

96 mins | Drama, Family, Fantasy | Dec. 17, 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.

The Three Kings

96 mins | Drama, Family, Fantasy | Dec. 17, 1987

The Three Kings
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers
Original title The Three Kings
Directors Leo Bauer, Mel Damski, Carey Dietrich
Writers Stirling Silliphant

Cast

Tiana Alexandra

as Jan DuLong

Jane Kaczmarek

as Dr. Paula Bolet

Richard Partlow

as Police Officer

Art LaFleur

as Police Officer

Kavi Raz

as Falafel Stand Worker

Pepe Serna

as Alex Sweetwood

Stan Shaw

as Paul

Tori Spelling

as Girl at Falafel Stand

Vic Tayback

as Harold

Jack Warden

as David

Aaron Mendelsohn

as Trendy Boy

Ashley Bank

as Little Girl

Randall Caldwell

as Driver Cop

Gail Cameron

as Janet Starkey

Max Chain

as Punk on Skates

Michael Paul Chan

as Second Cop

Frank Corsentino

as Roselli

Julie Cypher

as Falafel Woman

Charlie Dell

as Costumer

John Gilgreen

as Gate Guard

Tomás Goros

as Hispanic Husband

Brian Lando

as Little Boy

Bruce Marchiano

as Father at Church

Jerry Tondo

as Spotlight Attendant