A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986)

Director
Henry Winkler

Main cast
Dolly Parton; Bo Hopkins; Lee Majors; John Ritter; Dan Hedaya

Genres
Music, Fantasy

Description
A country/western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman--and a witch.


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