Year			1972
Genre			Drama
Starring			Jon Walmsley Eric Scott Kami Cotler Earl Hamner Jr. Mary Beth McDonough Judy Norton-Taylor Show more... Jon Walmsley Eric Scott Kami Cotler Earl Hamner Jr. Mary Beth McDonough Judy Norton-Taylor David W. Harper Ralph Waite Joe Conley Michael Learned Will Geer Ellen Corby Richard Thomas Ronnie Claire Edwards

In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, during the Great Depression, the Walton family makes its small income from its saw mill on Walton's Mountain. The story is told through the eyes of John Boy, who wants to be a novelist, goes to college, and eventually fulfills his dream. The saga follows the family through depression and war, and through growing up, school, courtship, marriage, employment, birth, aging, illness and death.