The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

1h 39min

Drama

Family

TV Movie

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.

Cast

Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Olivia Walton
Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas

John-Boy Walton
Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen

Ebenezer Walton
Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

Esther Walton
Dorothy Stickney

Dorothy Stickney

Emily Baldwin
William Windom

William Windom

Charlie Snead
Cleavon Little

Cleavon Little

Hawthorne Dooley
Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan

John Walton
David Huddleston

David Huddleston

Sheriff Ep Bridges
Woodrow Parfrey

Woodrow Parfrey

Ike Godsey
Judy Norton

Judy Norton

Mary Ellen
Kami Cotler

Kami Cotler

Elizabeth

Release date

19th Dec 1971

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English