"The Waltons"
The Last Ten Days (1981)

Director:

Bernard McEveety

Writers:

Earl Hamner Jr. (creator)
Marion Hargrove (writer)

TV Series:

"The Waltons" (1972)

Original Air Date:

8 January 1981 (Season 9, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Intimacy | Male Female Relationship | Multiple Actors For One Character | Family Relationships | Great Depression

Cast

Ralph Waite	...	John Walton, Sr.
Judy Norton-Taylor	...	Mary Ellen Walton Willard
Jon Walmsley	...	Jason Walton
Mary Beth McDonough	...	Erin Walton
Eric Scott	...	Ben Walton
David W. Harper	...	James Robert 'Jim Bob' Walton
Kami Cotler	...	Elizabeth Walton
Joe Conley	...	Ike Godsey
Ronnie Claire Edwards	...	Corabeth Walton Godsey
Earl Hamner Jr.	...	Narrator
Peggy Rea	...	Rose Burton
Leslie Winston	...	Cindy Brunson Walton
Mary Jackson	...	Emily 'Miss Emily' Baldwin
Helen Kleeb	...	Mamie 'Miss Mamie' Baldwin
Robert Wightman	...	John 'John-Boy' Walton Jr.
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lewis Arquette	...	Jefferson Davis 'J.D.' Pickett
Tony Becker	...	Drew Cutler
Walker Edmiston	...	Radio Announcer #1 (voice)
Lisa Harrison	...	Antoinette 'Toni' Hazleton
John Hiestand	...	Radio Announcer #2 (voice) (as Bud Hiestand)
James Saito	...	Japanese Sergeant
Sab Shimono	...	Corporal Kyomo
Jordan Suffin	...	Norm

Directed by
Bernard McEveety

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Earl Hamner Jr.		creator (as Earl Hamner)
Marion Hargrove		writer

Produced by
Earl Hamner Jr.	....	executive producer (as Earl Hamner)
Claylene Jones	....	producer
Rod Peterson	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Robert Caramico		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Marsh Hendry

Art Direction by
John P. Bruce

Set Decoration by
Toby Considine

Makeup Department
Dorothy Andre	....	hair stylist
William Reynolds	....	makeup artist (as Bill Reynolds)

Production Management
Mitch Ackerman	....	production supervisor
Edward O. Denault	....	executive production supervisor
Walt Gilmore	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Fitzpatrick	....	second assistant director
Roger La Page	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Fred Westcott	....	property master

Sound Department
David R. Elliott	....	sound editor (as Dave Elliott)
Craig Felburg	....	production sound mixer
Victor Guarnier	....	sound effects supervisor

Casting Department
Barbara Miller	....	executive in charge of casting
Doris Sabbagh	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shirley Brewton	....	costumer
Jerry Herrin	....	costumer

Music Department
Jerry Goldsmith	....	composer: theme music
Ken Runyon	....	music editor

Other crew
Sandy Dvore	....	main title designer
Doris Hamner	....	technical consultant
Ernie Wallengren	....	story editor (as E.F. Wallengren)
Claire Whitaker	....	executive story editor

Directed by
Fielder Cook

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Earl Hamner Jr.		creator (as Earl Hamner)
Gordon Cornell Layne		staff writer

Produced by
Roger La Page	....	line producer

Production Management
Roger La Page	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claude Lawrence Jr.	....	assistant director (1977-1978)

Art Department
Craig Binkley	....	assistant property master (pilot episode)
Serge Genitempo	....	painter
Kandy Stern	....	set designer

Camera and Electrical Department
Doug Mathias	....	gaffer (1979)
Serge Poupis	....	assistant camera
Robert Schoenhut	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Alfred J. Carranza	....	apprentice film editor
M. Scott Smith	....	apprentice editor

Other crew
John Philip Dayton	....	production assistant
Lynn Guthrie	....	aircraft pilot
Carol Riggins	....	animal trainer
Arrahwanna Thomsen	....	script supervisor (1976) (as Arrah Robinson)

Other Companies

• Echo Film Services Inc.  sound editing (as Echo Film Services)

Quotes:

Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] In all our lives there are moments we are meant to remember forever, in every small detail and shading. To my family on Waltons Mountain such a moment came in the late summer of 1945. The war in Europe was over, the worst of the Japanese war still lay ahead. On that hot Sunday in August, an unexpected visitor came to Waltons Mountain, brought by the notion that something was wrong with my brother, Jason, who was waiting to be shipped home from France.