The Homecoming

• Director: Fielder Cook
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Holiday Film, Melodrama
• Themes: Family Gatherings
• Main Cast: Patricia Neal
• Release Year: 1971
• Country: US
• Run Time: 98 minutes

Plot

This made-for-TV drama, based on the book by Earl Hamner Jr., was the basis for the popular long-running television series The Waltons. In this opening installment, the Waltons, led by matriarch Olivia Walton (Patricia Neal), spend an anxious 1933 Christmas Eve together as they await the arrival of their father during a snowstorm. The film won the Golden Globe Award for "Best TV-Movie" that year, and Neal won the "Best Actress" award for her performance. ~ Bernadette McCallion, All Movie Guide

Cast

Edgar Bergen - Grandpa Walton; Sally Chamberlain - City Lady; Ellen Corby - Grandma Walton; Kami Cotler - Elizabeth; Andrew Duggan - John Walton; David W. Harper - Jim-Bob; David Huddleston - Sheriff Ep Bridges; Josephine Hutchinson - Mamie Baldwin; Cleavon Little - Hawthorne Dooley; Mary McDonough - Erin; Patricia Neal - Olivia Walton; Judy Norton-Taylor - Mary Ellen; Woodrow Parfrey - Ike Godsey; Eric Scott - Ben; Dorothy Stickney - Emily Baldwin; Jon Walmsley - Jason Walton; Kent Williams - Shepherd #1; William Windom - Charlie Snead; Richard Thomas - John Boy Walton; Betty Carter - Emmarine; Clarence M. Landry - Santa Claus

Credit

Robert Emmet Smith - Art Director, Fielder Cook - Director, Gene Fowler, Jr. - Editor, Marjorie Fowler - Editor, Lee Rich - Executive Producer, Jerry Goldsmith - Composer (Music Score), Earl Rath - Cinematographer, Robert L. Jacks - Producer, Earl Hamner - Screenwriter

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