The Waltons : The Fire Storm (1976)
Directed by Ralph Senensky
Genres - Drama, Family & Personal Relationships |
Sub-Genres - Family Drama, Americana, Period Show [TV], Prime-Time Drama [TV] |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Hoping to alert the people of Walton's Mountain of the threat of Nazism, John-Boy prints excerpts from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in his newspaper. In so doing, John-Boy incurs the anger of Rev. Fordwick (John Ritter), who worries that Hitler's rantings will "disturb" his flock. Even more opposed to John-Boy's expression of free speech is Mrs. Brimmer (Nora Marlowe), whose late husband, a German national, had suffered from the anti-German backlash in World War One--a backlash that appears to be starting up all over again with a mass book-burning!