The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (19-Dec-1971)

Director: Fielder Cook

Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.

From novel by: Earl Hamner, Jr.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Edgar Bergen Actor 16-Feb-1903 30-Sep-1978 Radio's greatest ventriloquist

Ellen Corby Actor 3-Jun-1911 14-Apr-1999 Grandma on The Waltons

Kami Cotler Actor 17-Jun-1965 Elizabeth Walton on The Waltons

Andrew Duggan Actor 28-Dec-1923 15-May-1988 Bourbon Street Beat

David W. Harper Actor 4-Oct-1961 Jim-Bob Walton on The Waltons

David Huddleston Actor 17-Sep-1930 2-Aug-2016 The Big Lebowski

Josephine Hutchinson Actor 12-Oct-1903 4-Jun-1998 North by Northwest

Cleavon Little Actor 1-Jun-1939 22-Oct-1992 Blazing Saddles

Mary Beth McDonough Actor 4-May-1961 Erin Walton on The Waltons

Patricia Neal Actor 20-Jan-1926 8-Aug-2010 The Day the Earth Stood Still

Judy Norton-Taylor Actor 29-Jan-1958 The Waltons

Eric Scott Actor 20-Oct-1958 Ben Walton on The Waltons

Dorothy Stickney Actor 21-Jun-1896 2-Jun-1998 Broadway star of Life With Father

Richard Thomas Actor 13-Jun-1951 John Boy on The Waltons

Jon Walmsley Actor 6-Feb-1956 Jason Walton on The Waltons

William Windom Actor 28-Sep-1923 16-Aug-2012 Glen Morley on The Farmer's Daughter

REVIEWS

Review by Doug Broughman (posted on 12-Dec-2008)

This was a made for TV movie that is a must see for me every year. The story takes place in depression era Virgina, with the Walton family. (This movie could be called the pilot for the TV series, THE WALTON'S. In fact, all of the children in this movie went on to play their same rolls in the TV series.) There is a snowstorm Christmas Eve, and the Walton family is worried about their father making the long journey home for Christmas safely. Patricia Neal gets top billing in the movie and a young Richard Thomas makes one of his first silver screen appearances. This is a great movie for getting the family together and watching over the Holidays.

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