Home for the Holidays (1972 film)

Home for the Holidays
Genre
  • Drama
  • Horror
  • Mystery
Written byJoseph Stefano
Directed byJohn Llewellyn Moxey
StarringSally Field
Jessica Walter
Eleanor Parker
Julie Harris
Jill Haworth
Walter Brennan
Music byGeorge Tipton
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersAaron Spelling
Leonard Goldberg
ProducerPaul Junger Witt
Production locations20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California
CinematographyLeonard J. South
EditorAllan Jacobs
Running time74 minutes
Production companiesABC Circle Films
Spelling-Goldberg Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseNovember 28, 1972 (1972-11-28)
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Home for the Holidays is a 1972 American made-for-television slasher film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, produced by Aaron Spelling and starring Sally Field, Eleanor Parker, Julie Harris, Jessica Walter, and Walter Brennan which premiered on ABC on November 28, 1972. The plot focuses on a wealthy father on his deathbed who invites his four daughters home for Christmas and tells them he suspects his second wife of poisoning him. Shortly after, the girls learn that their stepmother was accused of killing her first husband, and they begin to fall prey to a killer dressed in a yellow rain slicker.