The Young Country (1970)
March 17, 1970Release Date
The Young Country (1970)
March 17, 1970Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Roger Davis
Stephen Foster Moody
Joan Hackett
Clementine Hale
Walter Brennan
Sheriff Matt Fenley
Wally Cox
Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
Pete Duel
'Honest' John Smith
Skip Young
Desk Clerk
Steve Sandor
Parker
Robert Miller Driscoll
Harvey 'Fat' Chance
Skip Young
Desk clerk
Richard Van Vleet
Randy Willis
Elliott Street
Railroad Ticket Clerk
Barbara Gates
Woman
Luis Delgado
Billings
Thomas Bellin
Dr. Mudd
Terrence Evans
Postmaster
Robert Gooden
1st Player
James Jeter
Stagecoach Driver
Gregg Martell
Blacksmith
Jordan Rhodes
Train Brakeman
Grady Hunt
Costume Design
Steve Heilpern
Associate Producer
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Richard C. Bennett
Assistant Director
Roy Huggins
Producer / Executive Producer / Writer / Director
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The Young Country is a 1970 American Western television film written and directed by Roy Huggins, creator of TV's Maverick. It starred Walter Brennan, Joan Hackett, Wally Cox, Pete Duel and Roger Davis. It was aired on 17 March 1970 in the ABC Movie of the Week strand. It was televised in the UK on 1 May 1970 and was shown in Japan, Spain, South Korea and the Philippines.
Made as a pilot for a potential series, The Young Country was about con artists in the Old West. TV Guide describes The Young Country as a lighthearted Western, where a footloose young gambler is searching for the owner of a mysterious fortune.
Stephen Foster Moody (Roger Davis of TV's Dark Shadows) is "a serious student" of gambling, takes a personal oath to spend the rest of his life avoiding "hard liquor and hard work" after doing hitches in both the Union and Confederate armies. Aarom Grimes (Wally Cox) is a thief who robs a bank. They and other various interested parties set about finding the said mysterious fortune.
The Young Country was rejected as a series by ABC; however, they broadcast it as an ABC Movie of the Week. Roy Huggins went on to develop the pilot for Alias Smith and Jones, which ABC accepted and was turned into a series of the same name. This series followed the adventures of two reformed outlaws, who in character were not dissimilar to those played by Pete Duel and Roger Davis in The Young Country.