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The Thanksgiving Visitor

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In this sequel to Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory," a boy recalls his life with an elderly cousin in rural Alabama in the 1930s and the lesson she taught him one Thanksgiving Day about dealing with a bully from school.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1968-11-28

Runtime: 44 mins

Director: Frank Perry

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, TV Movie

Original title: The Thanksgiving Visitor

Production Companies: Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Geraldine Page

Michael Kearney

Hansford Rowe III

Joy Nicholson

Virginia Chew

Lavinia Cassels

Neil Fitzgerald

Pierre Epstein

Georgia Simmons

Christopher Norris

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Truman Capote

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