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Dec 19, 1971 · A 1971 TV movie based on Earl Hamner's novel about the Waltons, a Depression-era family in Virginia. The movie follows their Christmas Eve preparations and their worry about John Walton, who is late to return home.
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- Drama, Family
- Fielder Cook
- 1971-12-19
Synopsis. In the middle of the Depression, John Walton is working in a mill, fifty miles away on Christmas Eve while his family prepares for his return. The children bring the cow back to the barn from the fields. John-boy, the eldest, tells the others they may not want to wait in the barn at midnight to hear the animals talk.
This was the pilot movie for "The Waltons" (which began its long run in September 1972), recounting the events of one day -- Christmas Eve, 1933 -- in the lives of a rural American mountain family. Later called "The Homecoming -- A Christmas Story," it won a Christopher Award as well as Emmy...
- Fielder Cook
- Kami Cotler
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story. On Christmas Eve 1933, a rural Virginia clan, the Waltons, are preparing to celebrate the holiday. But patriarch John Walton (Andrew Duggan), who has...
- Holiday, Drama
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