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Home Fires Burning

  • TV Movie
  • 1989
  • PG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
165
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Foxfire (1987)
Drama

When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.

  • Director
    • Glenn Jordan
  • Writer
    • Robert Inman
  • Stars
    • Barnard Hughes
    • Sada Thompson
    • Robert Prosky
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    165
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Glenn Jordan
    • Writer
      • Robert Inman
    • Stars
      • Barnard Hughes
      • Sada Thompson
      • Robert Prosky
    • 2User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast20

    Barnard Hughes
    Barnard Hughes
    • Jake Tibbetts
    Sada Thompson
    Sada Thompson
    • Pastine Tibbetts
    Robert Prosky
    Robert Prosky
    • Rosh Benefield
    Bill Pullman
    Bill Pullman
    • Lt. Henry Tibbetts
    Elizabeth Berridge
    Elizabeth Berridge
    • Francine Tibbetts
    Neil Patrick Harris
    Neil Patrick Harris
    • Lonnie Tibbetts
    Brad Sullivan
    Brad Sullivan
    • Fog Martin
    William Duell
    • Whit Hennessy
    Dan Biggers
    • Tunstall Renfroe
    Warde Q. Butler
    Warde Q. Butler
    • Biscuit Brunson
    Wallace Wilkinson
    • Hilton Redlinger
    Ric Reitz
    Ric Reitz
    • Lt. Whalen
    Tom Even
    • Ollie Whittle
    Kyle Chandler
    Kyle Chandler
    • Billy Benefield
    Monica Achilles
    • Alsatia Renfroe
    Edith Ivey
    Edith Ivey
    • Jailer
    Ray Johnson
    • Minister
    Bob Penny
    Bob Penny
    • Bystander
    • Director
      • Glenn Jordan
    • Writer
      • Robert Inman
    • All cast & crew
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Barnard Hughes makes a comment about being 65 years old. As of the 1989 air date, Hughes was 73 years old. Hughes was 12 years older than the actress playing his character's wife, Sada Thompson.
    • Quotes
      • Francine Tibbetts: [speaking over the wails of her newborn in the upstairs bedroom] Oh, I know all about babies. Ten kids in my family. Thought I'd gotten away from kids.
      • Pastine Tibbetts: Well, this one sounds hungry.
      • Francine Tibbetts: I know. I haven't got the hang of it.
      • Pastine Tibbetts: It's been a long time, but I'll see what I can do to help.
      • Lonnie Tibbetts: Say, ain't you goin' to take a bottle?
      • Francine Tibbetts: I'm wearin' it.
    • Connections
      Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • January 29, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hallmark Hall of Fame: Home Fires Burning (#38.2)
    • Filming locations
      • Crawfordville, Georgia, USA
    • Production company
      • Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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