Christmas Comes to Willow Creek

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek

94 mins | Drama, Family, TV Movie | Dec. 20, 1987

Two brothers' lives are changed forever when they hit the road to a snowbound Alaskan village. Brother Ray and Pete had been feuding for years. So, when their ailing father asks them to drive a semitruck full of gifts and supplies from California to the isolated Alaskan village of Willow Creek, they agree ---- reluctantly. Along the way, they pick up trouble when they're joined by Jessie, who is Ray's estranged wife and Pete's ex-girlfriend. Then, a blizzard strands the truck deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Miles from help, with time running our fast, they realize only a miracle can save them. But, as they are about to be reminded, Christmas...is the season for miracles.

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek

94 mins | Drama, Family, TV Movie | Dec. 20, 1987

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
Two brothers' lives are changed forever when they hit the road to a snowbound Alaskan village. Brother Ray and Pete had been feuding for years. So, when their ailing father asks them to drive a semitruck full of gifts and supplies from California to the isolated Alaskan village of Willow Creek, they agree ---- reluctantly. Along the way, they pick up trouble when they're joined by Jessie, who is Ray's estranged wife and Pete's ex-girlfriend. Then, a blizzard strands the truck deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Miles from help, with time running our fast, they realize only a miracle can save them. But, as they are about to be reminded, Christmas...is the season for miracles.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers ITC, CBS Productions
Original title Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
Directors Richard Lang
Writers Peter L. Keys, Andy Siegel, Michael Norell

Cast

Tom Wopat

as Pete

Kim Delaney

as Jessie

Zachary Ansley

as Michael

Joy Coghill

as Charlotte

Antony Holland

as Homer Hightower

Hoyt Axton

as Al Bensinger

Dwight Koss

as Mayor Newman

Barbara Russell

as Edna Mae

Ted Stidder

as Doc

Robert Forsythe

as Chief Cobb

Charissa Reeves

as Sabrina

Geordie Needham

as Thurgood

Robin Mossley

as Cecil

Brian MacDonald

as Dwayne

Doug Mills

as Zeb

Chuck McLeod

as Joe

D. Paul Beckett

as Domingo

Rick Otto

as Paramedic

Frances Cooper

as Mrs. Al

Lelani Marrell

as Turtle

Janet Wright

as Martha Jane

Beatrice Boepple

as Brandy

William S. Taylor

as State Trooper

Tom McBeath

as Sergeant

Alan Ross

as Cop (uncredited)

Katey Wright

as Principal (uncredited)