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S4.E7
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The Wing-Walker

  • Episode aired Oct 23, 1975
  • TV-G
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
177
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The Wing-Walker (1975)
DramaFamilyRomance

John-Boy and Jim-Bob fall in love with a visiting wing walker who is hiding a dark secret.John-Boy and Jim-Bob fall in love with a visiting wing walker who is hiding a dark secret.John-Boy and Jim-Bob fall in love with a visiting wing walker who is hiding a dark secret.

  • Director
    • Harvey S. Laidman
  • Writers
    • Earl Hamner Jr.
    • Andy White
  • Stars
    • Richard Thomas
    • Ralph Waite
    • Michael Learned
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    177
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Harvey S. Laidman
    • Writers
      • Earl Hamner Jr.
      • Andy White
    • Stars
      • Richard Thomas
      • Ralph Waite
      • Michael Learned
    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Richard Thomas
    Richard Thomas
    • John-Boy Walton
    Ralph Waite
    Ralph Waite
    • John Walton, Sr.
    Michael Learned
    Michael Learned
    • Olivia Walton
    • (as Miss Michael Learned)
    Ellen Corby
    Ellen Corby
    • Esther Walton
    Will Geer
    Will Geer
    • The Grandfather
    Judy Norton
    Judy Norton
    • Mary Ellen Walton
    Jon Walmsley
    Jon Walmsley
    • Jason Walton
    Mary Beth McDonough
    Mary Beth McDonough
    • Erin Walton
    • (as Mary Elizabeth McDonough)
    Eric Scott
    Eric Scott
    • Ben Walton
    David W. Harper
    David W. Harper
    • Jim-Bob Walton
    Kami Cotler
    Kami Cotler
    • Elizabeth Walton
    Earl Hamner Jr.
    Earl Hamner Jr.
    • The Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (as Earl Hamner)
    Tom Bower
    Tom Bower
    • Rex Barker
    Merie Earle
    • Maude Gormley
    John Mitchum
    John Mitchum
    • Announcer
    Lee Purcell
    Lee Purcell
    • Bobby Strom the Wingwalker
    • Director
      • Harvey S. Laidman
    • Writers
      • Earl Hamner Jr.
      • Andy White
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    1onyxkittie

    Lee Purcell was unwatchable

    Contrary to the other review, Lee Purcell (as the wing walker) made the episode nearly unwatchable. She was miscast and she overacted in all of her scenes. I'm just thankful we never see that character or actress on the show again.
    7trobertt-15-22112

    wingwalker lady looked too glamorous

    She looked like she stepped out of a ladies magazine from the 1970s. Can't a lady wingwalker not look glamorous? They got her walking around in pants so that the guys can get a good look at her behind. Amelia Earheart was attractive , but she didn't look like a model.
    2nicholsonlarry-72025

    Not very realistic.

    I thought John Boy was way miscast in "IT" as a 'Man's Man' and a lady killer. But not as unbelievable as in the later episodes of The Waltons. He's too far over the top with that Don't walk away from me. I got things to say.
    9alfredpr-69611

    Lee Purcell 😍😍

    A ravishing beauty alighted upon Walton's Mountain, the gracile Lee Purcell, she lights up a room. The knife slit mouth harridan Gramma of course denigrates the beauty. This episode would have been garbage without Lee Purcell.

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    • Trivia
      The first female wing walker was Lillian Boyer January 15, 1901 to February 1, 1989 was an American wing walker who performed numerous aerial stunts that included wing walking, automobile-to-airplane transfers, and parachute jumps between 1921 and 1929.
    • Goofs
      Being an air mail pilot in the 1930s was a deadline-driven, stressful job (not to mention dangerous). There's no way that the pilot mentioned at the beginning of the episode would regularly deviate from his course (even "slightly") so Jim-Bob could wave at him.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] While we were walking the green meadows of Waltons Mountain, daring flyers were conquering the beckoning blue skies. We had come to know an airmail pilot who would fly slightly off course just to say "Hello" to us, and especially to Jim Bob. Jim Bob's head was in the clouds back in those days, dreaming of machines which he hoped one day to fly.

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    • Release date
      • October 23, 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Hallmark Channel
      • INSP Television Network
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Indian Dunes Airfield, Valencia, California, USA(Airplane scenes)
    • Production company
      • Lorimar Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h(60 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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