Seasonal drama starring Patty Duke, Piper Laurie and Eric Lloyd. Young Buddy is forced to spend Christmas with relations. His arrival brings fun and laughter into the lives of two of the older ladies of the house, but not all members of the family share their enthusiasm.
American audiences have fond memories of a late 1960s made-for-TV version of Truman Capote's autobiographical novella. Patty Duke and Eric Lloyd don't quite measure up to Geraldine Page and Donnie Melvin in the original, but this adaptation still has its heart in the right place and makes a decent job of recapturing the atmosphere of Monroeville, Alabama, in the winter of 1934. There's an intrinsic charm about the relationship between the boy (Lloyd) and his older cousin (Duke), as they bake fruit cakes to give as Christmas presents to their neighbours, especially as the festive sentiment is tempered by a bittersweet ending.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Sook | Patty Duke |
| Jennie | Piper Laurie |
| Seabon | Jeffrey DeMunn |
| Callie | Anita Gillette |
| Rachel | Julia McIlvaine |
| Anna Stabler | Esther Scott |
| Buddy | Eric Lloyd |
| Haha Jones | Jimmie F Skaggs |
| Adult Buddy | Robert Treveiler |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Glenn Jordan |
