The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971 | 99m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Fielder Cook |
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| Writer: | Earl Hamner, Jr. |
| Staring: |
| It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they anxiously await Pa's return home from his job in the city some 50 miles away. He is late, and Ma and the grandparents hear on the radio a report of a bus accident that worries them. Oldest son John-Boy must step up to help grandfather cut down a Christmas tree, and upon learning the concern about Daddy sets out to find him. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 19, 1971 |
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| Director: | Fielder Cook |
| Writer: | Earl Hamner, Jr. |
| Genres: | Family, Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | holiday, christmas |
| Production Companies | CBS |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Patricia Neal | Olivia Walton |
| Richard Thomas | John-Boy Walton |
| Edgar Bergen | Ebenezer Walton |
| Ellen Corby | Esther Walton |
| Dorothy Stickney | Emily Baldwin |
| Josephine Hutchinson | Mamie Baldwin |
| William Windom | Charlie Snead |
| Cleavon Little | Hawthorne Dooley |
| Andrew Duggan | John Walton |
| David Huddleston | Sheriff Ep Bridges |
| Woodrow Parfrey | Ike Godsey |
| Sally Chamberlin | City Lady |
| Jon Walmsley | Jason |
| Judy Norton | Mary Ellen |
| Mary Elizabeth McDonough | Erin Walton |
| Eric Scott | Ben |
| David W. Harper | Jim-Bob |
| Kami Cotler | Elizabeth |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Earl Hamner, Jr. | Novel, Teleplay |
| Gene Fowler Jr. | Editor |
| Dione Taylor | Hairstylist |
| Earl Rath | Director of Photography |
| Robert Sidell | Makeup Artist |
| James Cane | Set Decoration |
| Pam Polifroni | Casting |
| Robert Emmet Smith | Production Design |
| Marjorie Fowler | Editor |
| Max Stein | Assistant Director |
| Harold Lewis | Sound Mixer |
| Robert Harris Jr. | Costumer |
| Betsy Cox | Costumer |
| Edward O. Denault | Production Manager |
| Morton Stevens | Music Supervisor |
| Fielder Cook | Director |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert L. Jacks | Producer |
| Lee Rich | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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