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A Christmas Memory

A Christmas Memory

1997·Movie·1h 36m

Drama, Family, TV Movie

5.9 / 10 (15 votes)

A new version of Truman Capote's 1956 tale based on his own bittersweet upbringing in Alabama. The story deals with a seven-year-old who forms a special friendship with his simple, older cousin whose two sisters and bachelor brother feel he needs better influences and role models and decide to send him to military school after the Christmas holidays.

Directed by
Glenn Jordan
Original language
English
Released
21 December 1997

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

  • Patty Duke

    Patty Duke

    Sook

  • Piper Laurie

    Piper Laurie

    Jennie

  • Jeffrey DeMunn

    Jeffrey DeMunn

    Seabone

  • Anita Gillette

    Anita Gillette

    Callie

  • Julia McIlvaine

    Julia McIlvaine

    Rachel

  • Esther Scott

    Esther Scott

    Anna Stabler

  • Eric Lloyd

    Eric Lloyd

    Buddy

  • Jimmie F. Skaggs

    Jimmie F. Skaggs

    Haha Jones

  • Robert C. Treveiler

    Robert C. Treveiler

    Adult Buddy

  • Dan Albright

    Dan Albright

    Grocer

  • RA

    Reynolds Allen

    Customer

  • Suzi Bass

    Suzi Bass

    Rachel's Mother