A city-bred grandson moves to his grandparents' farm during the Great Depression and grows up enough under their tough care to help his grandfather deliver a surprise gift on Christmas Eve to their community church with the help of a phantom stranger.
Jason Robards
as Daniel Larson
Eva Marie Saint
as Emma Larson
George Parry
as Rusty McCloud
Joanne Woodward
as Mildred McCloud
Bryan Englund
as Danny Larson
Mary-Beth Manning
as Louise Hockmeyer
Nora Martin
as Lollie Hockmeyer
Sally Chamberlin
as Lil Hockmeyer
Arvid Carlson
as Ralph Youngquist
Mildred Carlson
as Beulah Youngquist
Allen Hamilton
as Oskar Hockmeyer
Guy Paul
as Tall Fellow
