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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
Nov 29, 2022 · 795. 77K views 1 year ago. 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...
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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.
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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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...
