Based on one of four autobiographical, young-adult books by Gail Rock about growing up in rural Nebraska in 1946, this made-for-television movie features excellent performances and a refreshing absence of easy, everybody-gets-a-hug answers to hard emotional questions. Ten-year-old Addie (Lisa Lucas) lives with her widowed father, James Mills (Jason Robards), and his mother (Mildred Natwick) in Clear River, Neb. Still mourning his wife's death, Jamie has bottled up his feelings to the point of coldness towards his daughter, and can't bear to celebrate Christmas — he won't even have a Christmas tree in the house. Grandma tries to smooth over the growing rift betwe...
Released:
1972
Rated:
NR
Length:
95 mins