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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

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1h 39m

December 19th, 1971

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Synopsis

The Walton family is preparing for Christmas in the early 1930s. It's Christmas Eve, and they are waiting for Daddy Walton to come home from his job in the city some 50 miles away. Since he is late, everyone is worried and over the radio the mother and grandparents hear about an overturned bus and hurt travelers but keep this news from the rest of the family. The story is really a coming of age story about the oldest son John-Boy who must cut down the tree with his grandfather since his father isn't home and is eventually told about his missing father and sets out to find him. An all round heartwarming story, especially if you are a fan of The Waltons. A simple story about a simple family in simple times. Great family entertainment!

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Cast

Patricia Neal
Olivia Walton
Richard Thomas
John-Boy Walton
Edgar Bergen
Grandpa Zebb 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 Bridges
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Directors

Fielder Cook
Full cast & crew

Producers

Merv Adelson
executive producer
Robert L. Jacks
producer
(as Robert Jacks)
Lee Rich
executive producer
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Writers

Earl Hamner Jr.
teleplay by
Earl Hamner Jr.
(from his novel entitled "The Homecoming")
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Taglines

Have you ever wanted to relive the kind of Christmas you knew as a child? Watch tonight's two-hour special and you will.
That wondrous sense of belonging. With the family gathered together in bright-eyed anticipation. It's all there. In a poignant story of a bygone Christmas, of a father strangely absent and a woman who refused to give up hope.

Keywords

mother son relationship
alcoholism
based on novel
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

December 22nd, 1972 (Japan)
December 19th, 1971 (United States of America)
December 19th, 1971 (United States of America) (CBS TV)

Alternative Titles

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (original title)
Le retour au foyer (Canada) (French title)
Angustiosa espera (Spain)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, USA
CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA (exteriors filmed at Teton National Forest, Wyoming)
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Running Times

99 min
100 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

Paramount
C.B.S.
CBS Televisión

Distribution Companies

CBS Worldwide Inc.
NHK (Japan)
Paramount Home Video (United States of America)
All Distribution Companies

Other Companies

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (copyright) (Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.)
State of Wyoming, Bridger-Teton National Frst (exteriors filmed at) (Teton National Forest, Wyoming)
NBC Radio (courtesy of: portions of the "Fibber McGee and Molly" program)
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