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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story poster

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)

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.
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Fielder Cook profile
Fielder Cook

Director

Cast

Patricia Neal profile
Patricia Neal

Olivia Walton

Richard Thomas profile
Richard Thomas

John-Boy Walton

Edgar Bergen profile
Edgar Bergen

Ebenezer Walton

Ellen Corby profile
Ellen Corby

Esther Walton

Dorothy Stickney profile
Dorothy Stickney

Emily Baldwin

Josephine Hutchinson profile
Josephine Hutchinson

Mamie Baldwin

William Windom profile
William Windom

Charlie Snead

Cleavon Little profile
Cleavon Little

Hawthorne Dooley

Andrew Duggan profile
Andrew Duggan

John Walton

David Huddleston profile
David Huddleston

Sheriff Ep Bridges

Woodrow Parfrey profile
Woodrow Parfrey

Ike Godsey

Sally Chamberlin profile
Sally Chamberlin

City Lady

Patricia Neal profile
Patricia Neal

Olivia Walton

Richard Thomas profile
Richard Thomas

John-Boy Walton

Edgar Bergen profile
Edgar Bergen

Ebenezer Walton

Ellen Corby profile
Ellen Corby

Esther Walton

Dorothy Stickney profile
Dorothy Stickney

Emily Baldwin

Josephine Hutchinson profile
Josephine Hutchinson

Mamie Baldwin

William Windom profile
William Windom

Charlie Snead

Cleavon Little profile
Cleavon Little

Hawthorne Dooley

Andrew Duggan profile
Andrew Duggan

John Walton

David Huddleston profile
David Huddleston

Sheriff Ep Bridges

Woodrow Parfrey profile
Woodrow Parfrey

Ike Godsey

Sally Chamberlin profile
Sally Chamberlin

City Lady

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Release Date

December 19, 1971

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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