Christmas Comes to Willow Creek

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Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
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Directed by	Richard Lang
Produced by	Billie André Blue André
Written by	Michael Norell Andy Siegel
Starring	John Schneider Tom Wopat Kim Delaney Zachary Ansley
Distributed by	ITC Entertainment
Release date(s)	1987 USA
Running time	96 min.
Language	English

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek is a 1987 American film made for TV and directed by Richard Lang and produced by Billie André and Blue André The screenplay was written by Michael Norell and Andy Siegel, The film stars John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Kim Delaney, Zachary Ansley, Joy Coghill and Hoyt Axton.

[edit] Plot

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Willow Creek, Alaska, is going through problems because the local business has shut down putting many of the residents out of work. Ray and Pete are brothers, they are both truck drivers but they are as different as day and night,

A worried father Pete played by Tom Wopat tries to figure out what to do with his rebellious son Michael played by Zachary Ansley. In the meanwhile he also has to deal with his troublesome recluse brother Ray played by John Schneider, who has problems of his own including an a pregnant spouse.

Ray and Pete are hired by an old friend Al played by Hoyt Axton to bring Christmas presents and a very big surprise from California all the way up to his home town of Willow Creek, Alaska. The brothers do not realize that they will have to rely on one another and along the way, the brothers and Pete's son Michael argue and get stuck in a blizzard, while Ray's Wife goes into labor, as she gives birth they finally reconcile with each other and arrive at their destination, to a crowd of happy townspeople.

This is the only project to date that John Schneider and Tom Wopat, co-stars of the 1980's TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard," have teamed up that does not include "The Dukes of Hazzard"