- A Hobo's Christmas
Infobox Film
name = A Hobo's Christmas
caption = DVD Cover Photo
director = Will Mackenzie
writer = Joe Byrne
Jeb Rosebrook
starring =Barnard Hughes Gerald McRaney Wendy Crewson
William HickeyHarley Cross Helen Stenborg
producer = Joe ByrnePaul Freeman
released =December 6th ,1987
runtime = 94 min.
language = English"A Hobo's Christmas" is a 1987 American
film made for TV and directed by Will Mackenzie and produced by Joe Byrne andPaul Freeman The screenplay was written by Joe Byrne and Jeb Rosebrook,The film starsBarnard Hughes ,Gerald McRaney ,Wendy Crewson , William Hickey,Harley Cross ,Helen Stenborg , Lee Weaver, and Jamie Sorrentini.Plot
A
hobo played byBarnard Hughes decides it's time to go home. Drifting from place to place, Hughes finds himself in his hometown of Salt Lake City at Christmas time. Here he hopes to close old wounds and be reunited with his unforgiving son played byGerald McRaney , and get to know the grandchildren he has never met. McRaney, still resenting the fact that Hughes ran out on his family 25 years earlier, gives his father only one day with his grandkids; after that, he's expected to leave and never come back. All the while Hughes' friends warn him that his son and the past are memories that are best left alone, and should leave, but he has to find out for himself.Cast
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Barnard Hughes - Hobo
*Gerald McRaney - Charlie
*Wendy Crewson - Laurie
* William Hickey - Cincinnati Harold
*Harley Cross - Bobby Grovner
*Helen Stenborg - Mrs. Gladys Morgan
*Michael Flynn - Priest
*Lee Weaver - Biloxi Slim
*Jamie Sorrentini - Kathy Grovner
*Michael Rudd - Omaha John Boswell
*Logan Field - Lt. Nielsen
*Alan Gregory - Desk Clerk
*Laura Hughes - Carolina Blue
*Dana Cutrer - Cajun
*Donré Sampson - Desk SergeantExternal links
*imdb title|id=0093198|title=A Hobo's Christmas
*rotten-tomatoes|id=hobos_christmas|title=A Hobo's Christmas
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