

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Drama
Family
TV Movie
Overview
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1971-12-19
Runtime:
1h 39m
Director:
Fielder Cook
Writer:
Unknown
Top Cast

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
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