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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
7.4(20)19711h 39m
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.
- Director
- Fielder Cook
- Created by
- Lee Rich
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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

Jon Walmsley
Jason

Judy Norton
Mary Ellen

Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Erin Walton

Eric Scott
Ben
David W. Harper
Jim-Bob

Kami Cotler
Elizabeth
Crew
Directing
- Fielder CookDirector
- Max SteinAssistant Director
Writing
- Earl Hamner, Jr.Teleplay
- Earl Hamner, Jr.Novel
Production
- Edward O. DenaultProduction Manager
- Robert L. JacksProducer
- Lee RichExecutive Producer
- Pam PolifroniCasting
Camera
- Earl RathDirector of Photography
Editing
- Gene Fowler Jr.Editor
- Marjorie FowlerEditor
Sound
- Harold LewisSound Mixer
- Morton StevensMusic Supervisor
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Robert Emmet SmithProduction Design
- James CaneSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Robert Harris Jr.Costumer
- Betsy CoxCostumer
- Robert SidellMakeup Artist
- Dione TaylorHairstylist