(a.k.a.
Joe Navidad) (Joe Novak) Jeff plays a young man born on
Christmas Day who becomes a hired gunman for a gambler (Louis Hayward). Jeff's
character Joe Novak later faces the gambler in a shoot-out to clean up the town
that the gambler has taken over. Joe Novak's life contains many allegorical
references to Christ's life, besides his
birthday, including: Novak is born in a makeshift shelter and visited there by three men from a neighboring
town who are following a light emanating from his birthplace;
he is tested by the promise of riches from the Satan-ish character of the gambler; and there is at least the
prospect of his possible execution--via hanging instead of crucifixion. Also starring Gustavo Rojo and Perla Cristal.