Movie Info

On Christmas Eve in 1933, a large family eagerly anticipates the arrival home of the patriarch as a dangerous blizzard rages outside. This made-for-TV production inspired the creation of The Waltons.

• Rating:
  PG (brief mild language)
• Genre:
  Drama, Kids & Family, Television
• Directed By:
  Fielder Cook
• Written By:
  Earl Hamner Jr.
• In Theaters:
  Dec 19, 1971  wide
• On Disc/Streaming:
  Sep 23, 2003
• Runtime:
  98 minutes
• Studio:
  Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Cast

Patricia Neal
as Olivia

Richard Thomas
as John-Boy

Cleavon Little
as Dooley

William Windom
as Charley

Dorothy Stickney
as Emily

Josephine Hutchinson
as Mamie

Edgar Bergen
as Grandpa

Ellen Corby
as Grandma

Andrew Duggan
as John

Kami Cotler
as Elizabeth

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