A Christmas Memory (1997)

5.9/10 • 96 min • Drama Family TV Movie

Overview

A new version of Truman Capote's 1956 tale based on his own bittersweet upbringing in Alabama. The story deals with a seven-year-old who forms a special friendship with his simple, older cousin whose two sisters and bachelor brother feel he needs better influences and role models and decide to send him to military school after the Christmas holidays.

Cast

Patty Duke

Sook

Piper Laurie

Jennie

Jeffrey DeMunn

Seabone

Anita Gillette

Callie

Julia McIlvaine

Rachel

Esther Scott

Anna Stabler

Eric Lloyd

Buddy

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Haha Jones

Robert C. Treveiler

Adult Buddy

Dan Albright

Grocer

Suzi Bass

Rachel's Mother

Dan Biggers

Rev. Dickson

David Dwyer

Farley Wood

Frank Roberts

Mr. Macafee

Alex Van

Bus Driver

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