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    Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984)

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    Inspector Harris (Edmund Purdom) and Detective Sergeant Powell (Mark Jones) investigate a series of killings of Santa Claus’s.

    The killer is revealed as Daily News reporter, Giles Morgan (Alan Lake), who – coincidentally – is Harris’ brother.

    He has been killing Santas because they remind him of Christmas. A flashback reveals, as a child, he saw his father, dressed as Santa, necking with a partygoer at their house.

    When his mother intervened his father knocked her downstairs, killing her.

    Giles himself falls down some stairs to his death.

    Finally, at home on Christmas Day, Harris opens a present from Giles marked “Don’t open till Christmas”. It is a music box with a revolving Santa: Harris listens to it but it explodes.

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    Inspector Harris
    Edmund Purdom
    Detective Sergeant Powell
    Mark Jones
    Giles Morgan
    Alan Lake
    Kate
    Belinda Mayne
    Cliff Boyd
    Gerry Sundquist
    Caroline Munro
    Herself
    Gerry
    Kevin Lloyd
    Housekeeper
    Wendy Danvers
    Doctor Brindle
    Nicholas Donnelly
    Sharon
    Pat Astley
    Kate’s father
    Laurence Harrington
    “Experience” girl
    Kelly Baker
    “Experience” Santa Claus
    Wilfred Corlett
    Theatre Santa
    Ricky Kennedy
    Dungeon Santa
    Sid Wragg
    Store Santa
    Max Roman
    Market Santa
    George Pierce
    Drunken Santa
    Ashley Dransfield
    Circus Santa 1
    Derek Ford
    Circus Santa 2
    Adrian Black
    Santa in car
    John Ashton

    Director
    Edmund Purdom

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