El inspector de policía Paul Fein (Bronson) hace frente a problemas familiares a la vez que trata de la posibilidad de ascender a jefe de la policía. Mientras tanto, su hijo (Joe Penny) está investigando el asesinato de un banquero. (FILMAFFINITY)
Tommy Callahan Jr. nunca ha sido un gran estudiante, más bien un auténtico desastre más interesado en las juergas universitarias que en los libros. Después de siete años de retraso consigue graduarse y debe regresar a Ohio, donde trabajará en el negocio familiar. Al llegar se encuentra con una serie de cambios, entre ellos la nueva y explosiva mujer de su padre, Beverly, y el hijo de ésta, ambos muy ambiciosos. Su padre sufre un ataque al corazón y muere, y todo parece que va a desmoronarse. Sin embargo, Tommy se pone al frente de la empresa.
A man falls for his nubile stepdaughter. When his hot wife founds out about this, she is furious. Murder ensues. It's obvious who's the guilty party. Or is it?
Three aliens from an unknown planet, who bear a strong resemblance to the Biblical Magi, visit earth to know the true meaning of Christmas. Peter, a young boy, and Lucy, his goose, are the first to encounter them. Unable to find the true meaning of Christmas in town, Peter takes them to his family's house in the woods. While Peter's grandmother tells the aliens about her memories of Christmas, Marvin, one of the town's bullies, steals Lucy. In the chase to rescue Lucy, Marvin falls through the ice in a lake. Peter attempts to rescue him but falls into the lake as well. The townsfolk, who were out searching for the aliens, attempt to save the boys but their human chain isn't long enough to reach them. The three aliens, who had sworn not to interfere with events on earth, decide to help in order to learn the meaning of Christmas.
In Toronto, early twenty-somethings Judy Monroe and Roy Kirby are in love and are planning to get married. They understand the obstacles they are facing as husband and wife as Judy is white and Roy is black.
