CHRISTMAS COMES TO WILLOW CREEK (1987)

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek is a 1987 American made-for-television drama film directed by Richard Lang and produced by Billie André and Blue André, with the screenplay written by Michael Norell and Andy Siegel.

The film stars John Schneider and Tom Wopat^[1] (reunited from The Dukes of Hazzard, and one of the few projects in which the pair didn't play the Duke cousins), with Kim Delaney, Zachary Ansley, Joy Coghill and Hoyt Axton. Music for the film includes songs written and recorded by Billy Milo.

Scenes set in Willow Creek were filmed in Dawson City, Yukon, with the Palace Grand Theatre's exterior representing the general store

Storyline

Willow Creek, Alaska, is going through a depression because the local cannery has shut down putting many of the residents out of work. Ray and Pete are truck-driving brothers, different as day and night, who are hired by an old friend to bring Christmas presents and one huge surprise from sunny California up to his home town. Along the way, the brothers and Pete's son Michael argue and get stuck in a blizzard, but finally reconcile with each other.

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
DVD cover for the film
Genre	Family Drama
Written by	Michael Norell Andy Siegel
Directed by	Richard Lang
Starring	John Schneider Tom Wopat Kim Delaney Zachary Ansley
Music by	Charles Fox
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Blue André Jeffrey Fischgrund (co-producer) Margaret Murphy (associate producer)
Production location(s)	Dawson, Yukon Vancouver
Cinematography	Brenton Spencer
Editor(s)	Gerald Shepard
Running time	96 min.
Production company(s)	ITC Entertainment
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	December 20, 1987