It's Christmas eve 1930 and Eliot Ness and his men are investigating the murder of a close friend of his, Hap Levinson. The man had been playing Santa Claus at a children's orphanage and had just left when he was gunned down by a passing car. Levinson was the front man in a nightclub-speakeasy and he and Ness had spent many hours together laughing and passing the time of day. As Ness looks into his old friend's background, he learns that he may have had a girlfriend named Renée that he kept in a downtown apartment. It's readily apparent that she's a junkie and what he learns about his friend isn't pretty. Soon, mobsters are being knocked off and it seems someone is getting rid of witnesses to a crime.
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1962
09/25/1962
Approved
TV Series Episode 52 minutes
A
Horror/Kung-Fu Theatre's 23rd Christmas Special (2013) S23.E99
Sharing the classic film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964), Nightshadow interviews industry staples Butch Patrick, Andrew Duvall, Michael Q. Schmidt, Patrick Ian Moore and Kat Sheridan).
In celebration of the holiday season, Santa Claus visits and does an outrageous strip-tease dance. When Santa removes his beard during the interview, we learn he was really the obsequious and ever-over-the-top actor Michael Q. Schmidt. Nightshadow is then visited by the "Ghost of Christmas Past" (Patrick Ian Moore) and the "Ghost of Christmas Futur"e (Kat Sheridan) before sharing an interview with world-class martial arts expert Chris Casamassa. The film of the evening is the classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964),
