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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

1971

99 minutes

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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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Patricia Neal headshot

Patricia Neal

Olivia Walton

Richard Thomas headshot

Richard Thomas

John-Boy Walton

Edgar Bergen headshot

Edgar Bergen

Ebenezer Walton

Ellen Corby headshot

Ellen Corby

Esther Walton

Dorothy Stickney headshot

Dorothy Stickney

Emily Baldwin

Josephine Hutchinson headshot

Josephine Hutchinson

Mamie Baldwin

William Windom headshot

William Windom

Charlie Snead

Cleavon Little headshot

Cleavon Little

Hawthorne Dooley

Andrew Duggan headshot

Andrew Duggan

John Walton

David Huddleston headshot

David Huddleston

Sheriff Ep Bridges

Woodrow Parfrey headshot

Woodrow Parfrey

Ike Godsey

Sally Chamberlin headshot

Sally Chamberlin

City Lady

Jon Walmsley headshot

Jon Walmsley

Jason

Judy Norton headshot

Judy Norton

Mary Ellen

Mary Beth McDonough headshot

Mary Beth McDonough

Erin Walton

Eric Scott headshot

Eric Scott

Ben

David W. Harper headshot

David W. Harper

Jim-Bob

Kami Cotler headshot

Kami Cotler

Elizabeth