The Christmas Kid
A corrupt sheriff, who was born on Christmas Day, decides to change his ways and go against the powerful man who runs the gambling establishments in town.
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"Jeffrey Hunter and Louis Hayward co-star in this European western shot in Spain. The rest of the cast is for the most part European players who most of you have never heard of filling out the cast of The Christmas Kid. In the title role is Hunter who was born on Christmas Day hence the title. But he hardly takes after the guy who the holiday celebrates the birth of though he once played him in a different film. Mother died at birth, father blames him for her loss and Hunter grows up without any firm foundations. Still he's a popular hell raiser and when the small town becomes a boom tow..."
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In the obituary for Tab Hunter in the "New York Times", the obituary cites how Tab Hunter wrote in his memoir that he was in Madrid in 1967 to make "The Christmas Kid" and ran into Jeffrey Hunter, who was there to make "The Cups of San Sebastian".
Figuring that the producers of either movie wouldn't know the difference between Tab and Jeffrey, they decided to switch roles. Neither the producers nor anyone else involved with the making of either movie, apparently, knew the difference either.
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A corrupt sheriff, who was born on Christmas Day, decides to change his ways and go against the powerful man who runs the gambling establishments in town.