The Waltons: Season 4
Lorimar Productions (1975)
TV Series  /  Drama, Family, Romance
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IMDB   7.6
1198 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   US - TV-PG
Ellen Corby Esther Walton
Richard Thomas John-Boy Walton
Will Geer The Grandfather
Michael Learned Olivia Walton
David W. Harper Jim-Bob Walton
Jon Walmsley Jason Walton
Mary Beth McDonough Erin Walton
Judy Norton Mary Ellen Walton
Kami Cotler Elizabeth Walton
Eric Scott Ben Walton
Earl Hamner Jr. The Narrator
Ralph Waite John Walton / Sr.
Joe Conley Ike Godsey
Mary Jackson Emily Baldwin
Helen Kleeb Mamie Baldwin
Ronnie Claire Edwards Corabeth Godsey
Nora Marlowe Mrs. Flossie Brimmer
Merie Earle Maude Gormley
Jackie Earle Haley Tom
James Gammon Zack Rosswell
Director
Harry Harris
Harvey S. Laidman
Alf Kjellin
Ralph Waite
Producer Lee Rich
Robert L. Jacks
Neil T. Maffeo
Earl Hamner Jr.
Writer Earl Hamner Jr.
John McGreevey
Kathleen Hite
Paul West
Cinematography Emil Oster
Musician Alexander Courage

In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, during the Great Depression, the Walton family makes its small income from its saw mill on Walton's Mountain. The story is told through the eyes of John Boy, who wants to be a novelist and go to college. The saga follows the family through depression and war, through growing up, school, courtship, marriage, employment, birth, aging, illness and death.
Episodes
 50 mins    9/11/1975  1.  The Sermon
The reverend and teacher get married. Olivia is asked to be the substitute teacher and John Boy is asked to preach the sermon.
 50 mins    9/18/1975  2.  The Genius
John-Boy's dean asks him to take care of a 16-year-old genius college student for a weekend. The genius is gifted in all academic areas, but woefully lacking in social graces.
 50 mins    9/25/1975  3.  The Fighter
A prize fighter arrives searching for work, living and training in the Waltons' barn. Some are put off by his fighting, but he wants to build a church in the community.
 50 mins    10/2/1975  4.  The Prophecy
John's 25th high school reunion is being planned, but he is apprehensive about facing his highly successful classmates. John-Boy fears he will never make a living as a writer. Jim-Bob makes a profound comment.
 50 mins    10/9/1975  5.  The Boondoggle
A traveling reporter visits the mountain to write story about Judge Baldwin. What he finds upsets the Baldwin sisters and disturbs the community.
 50 mins    10/16/1975  6.  The Breakdown
Jason spends too much time playing with a band. His school work, music lessons, and health begin to suffer. Meanwhile, John-Boy gets a part-time job in a library; the librarian wants him to choose it as a profession.
 50 mins    10/23/1975  7.  The Wing-Walker
John-Boy and Jim-Bob fall in love with a visiting wing walker who is hiding a dark secret.
 50 mins    10/30/1975  8.  The Competition
Mary Ellen and Erin both fall for a forestry student (Michael O'Keefe). He is there to study the trees on Walton's Mountain. Erin and the forestry student date.
 50 mins    11/6/1975  9.  The Emergence
Marsha, John-Boy's old girlfriend, returns to sell her family home at the urging of her fiance. Wedding plans end when the fiance realizes the home is in debt. Olivia helps a disadvantaged student get glasses.
 50 mins    11/13/1975  10.  The Loss
Cousin Olivia, who married on the mountain in The Shivaree episode, returns to Walton's Mountain following her husband's sudden death. Family cat has kittens and dies giving birth. Elizabeth and Cousin Olivia both have to heal.
 50 mins    11/20/1975  11.  The Abdication
King Edward VIII abdicates the throne and the Waltons follow the story. Meanwhile, a movie production team is in town and John-Boy reconnects with a friend who's part of the production crew. John-Boy is offered a job.
 50 mins    12/4/1975  12.  The Estrangement
The family helps Vera Walton and her husband, Wade, navigate a rough patch in their marriage. She cannot get used to the city and he is too used to it. He has fallen into the criminal element.
 50 mins    12/11/1975  13.  The Nurse
Mary Ellen is eager to begin nursing school, but is unhappy to learn that she lacks the education in algebra and chemistry needed to enter.
 50 mins    12/18/1975  14.  The Intruders
Ben is upset at how he is treated at the mill. He gets a job at another lumber company, not realizing they are competing for the same jobs.
 50 mins    1/1/1976  15.  The Search
Olivia and Elizabeth take a car trip; Jim-Bob is forced to also go. They have car trouble. Elizabeth wanders off. Olivia and Jim-Bob find her but by now, all are lost. Jim-Bob uses his skills to keep everyone safe till they are found.
 50 mins    1/8/1976  16.  The Secret
Jim-Bob wonders if he is adopted because he does not look like other family members. No one wants to talk about his birth, so he investigates and uncovers a long hidden family secret.
 50 mins    1/15/1976  17.  The Fox
Ben starts to hunt animals for their skins to sell for profit. Meanwhile, the Rough Riders are holding a reunion. Grandpa, for all his talk about charging up the hill with Teddy Roosevelt, does not want to attend.
 100 mins    1/22/1976  18.  The Burnout
A fire breaks out and burns most of the house. John-Boy loses his completed novel in order to save Erin. As John, Grandpa and John-Boy make repairs, the family must send the younger children to friends and neighbors.
 50 mins    1/29/1976  19.  The Big Brother
John-Boy sees a young innocent looking girl who appears to be traveling alone. He takes her home. She seems to fit in, but Grandpa sees through her.
 50 mins    2/5/1976  20.  The Test
Olivia gets a job in the city as a dressmaker. She enjoys it but soon realizes she misses the family too much. Maude Gormley isn't adjusting well to life in a retirement home and returns to the mountain.
 50 mins    2/12/1976  21.  The Quilting
Mary Ellen resists joining in on a quilting when she reaches the marrying age. This hurts Grandma's feelings.
 50 mins    2/19/1976  22.  The House
Grandma starts a petition to save the old Whitley house, which Grandpa has been contracted to tear down. John-Boy, as editor, writes to suggest that people salvage parts out of the house. Jason plays piano in a music recital.
 50 mins    2/26/1976  23.  The Fledgling
John-Boy wants to buy a printing press to start his own newspaper. He takes a full time job to earn money for the down payment.
 50 mins    3/4/1976  24.  The Collision
And old love (Kathleen Quinlan) returns and urges John-Boy to join the rebellion in Spain.
Edition Details
Series The Waltons
Distributor Warner Bros.
Release Date 1/23/2007
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
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