The Waltons
1972
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Reviews 87% Audience Score 100+ Ratings On Christmas Eve 1933, a rural Virginia clan, the Waltons, are preparing to celebrate the holiday. But patriarch John Walton (Andrew Duggan), who has gone...
- (13)
- Fielder Cook
- PG
- Patricia Neal
This is a heartwarming Christmas story of a family waiting for the arrival of their patriarch, John Walton, during the early years of the Great Depression. The values upon which this nation was built are alive and well in this movie and the highly successful CBS series that followed.
Dec 19, 1971 · With Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, Edgar Bergen, Ellen Corby. On Christmas Eve 1933, the Waltons prepare for the holiday, but they are becoming increasingly worried because John Walton, who was forced to take work in another part of the state, has not yet returned home.
- (2.1K)
- Drama, Family
- Fielder Cook
- 1971-12-19
Sep 23, 2003 · Set on a Depression Christmas Eve in 1933, this heart-tugging story centers around the Walton. They’re a rural American family preparing to celebrate Christmas together. Though times are tough, love and sharing are abundant in this family.
- Paramount Home Video
- $9.99
The story takes place at Christmas 1933 during the Depression, and father, John Walton, has traveled over fifty miles away to find work. The family is eagerly awaiting his return home on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the holiday.
Dec 24, 2016 · The Homecoming: A Christmas Story is a 1971 made-for-TV movie, directed by Fielder Cook based on the novel by Earl Hamner, Jr., which was inspired by the author’s own upbringing in rural Virginia. Hamner himself serves as narrator both in The Homecoming and in the popular, long-running series that followed, The Waltons.
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Movie Review - The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) it's Christmas Eve and Olivia Walton (Patricia Neal) becomes concerned when she hears of a bus accident and sends out John-Boy (Richard Thomas) to look for his Pa, John (Andrew Duggan), who may have been on it
