The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
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.
Top Billed Cast
Patricia Neal
Olivia Walton
Richard Thomas
John-Boy Walton
Edgar Bergen
Ebenezer Walton
Ellen Corby
Esther Walton
Dorothy Stickney
Emily Baldwin
Featured Crew
Fielder Cook
Director
Earl Hamner, Jr.
Teleplay
Earl Hamner, Jr.
Novel
Edward O. Denault
Production Manager
Robert Harris Jr.
Costumer
Morton Stevens
Music Supervisor
Max Stein
Assistant Director
Betsy Cox
Costumer
Harold Lewis
Sound Mixer
Earl Rath
Director of Photography
Pam Polifroni
Casting
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
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