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.
Cast
Patricia Neal
Olivia Walton
Richard Thomas
John-Boy Walton
Edgar Bergen
Ebenezer Walton
Ellen Corby
Esther Walton
Dorothy Stickney
Emily Baldwin
Josephine Hutchinson
Mamie Baldwin
William Windom
Charlie Snead
Cleavon Little
Hawthorne Dooley
Andrew Duggan
John Walton
David Huddleston
Sheriff Ep Bridges
Woodrow Parfrey
Ike Godsey
Sally Chamberlin
City Lady
Jon Walmsley
Jason
Judy Norton
Mary Ellen
Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Erin Walton
Eric Scott
Ben
David W. Harper
Jim-Bob
Kami Cotler
Elizabeth
Crew
Fielder Cook
Director
Earl Hamner, Jr.
Teleplay, Novel
Gene Fowler Jr.
Editor
Marjorie Fowler
Editor
Earl Rath
Director of Photography
Max Stein
Assistant Director
Lee Rich
Executive Producer
Robert L. Jacks
Producer
Robert Emmet Smith
Production Design
Pam Polifroni
Casting
Robert Harris Jr.
Costumer
Betsy Cox
Costumer
Dione Taylor
Hairstylist
Robert Sidell
Makeup Artist
Harold Lewis
Sound Mixer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Morton Stevens
Music Supervisor
James Cane
Set Decoration
Edward O. Denault
Production Manager
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