Homecoming: A Christmas Story

Homecoming: A Christmas Story1971

Director: Fielder Cook
Stars: Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, Edgar Bergen, Ellen Corby, Cleavon Little
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 100 minutes

A true television classic, The Homecoming was the second movie (after 1963's Spencer's Mountain) based on Earl Hamner's autobiographical writings about love, pride, faith, and survival in rural America during the Great Depression. The Homecoming int… more »



Grandpa:
This is fought-for land.

John-Boy:
Battles right here?

Grandpa:
More than one: flood, fire, freezing weather, diptheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough, loneliness, hard times.

John-Boy:
I thought you meant wars.

Grandpa:
Them too.

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