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''The Young Country'' is a 1970 American
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television film written and directed by Roy Huggins (creator of TV's ''
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''). It starred
Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in '' Come and Get It'' (1936), ''Kentucky'' (1938), and '' The Westerner ...
,
Joan Hackett Joan Ann Hackett (March 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. She starred in the 1967 western ''Will Penny''. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golde ...
,
Wally Cox Wallace Maynard Cox (December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He began his career as a standup comedian and then became the title character of the popular early U.S. television series ''Mister Peepers'' from 1952 to 19 ...
,
Pete Duel Peter Ellstrom Deuel (February 24, 1940 – December 31, 1971), known professionally as Pete Duel, was an American stage, television, and film actor, best known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) in the tel ...
and Roger Davis. It was aired on 17 March 1970 in the ''
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'' 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
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. ''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 Wallace Maynard Cox (December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He began his career as a standup comedian and then became the title character of the popular early U.S. television series ''Mister Peepers'' from 1952 to 19 ...
) 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 ''
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''. Roy Huggins went on to develop the pilot for ''
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'', 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''.


Cast

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Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in '' Come and Get It'' (1936), ''Kentucky'' (1938), and '' The Westerner ...
as Sheriff Matt Fenley *
Joan Hackett Joan Ann Hackett (March 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. She starred in the 1967 western ''Will Penny''. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golde ...
as Clementine Hale *
Wally Cox Wallace Maynard Cox (December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He began his career as a standup comedian and then became the title character of the popular early U.S. television series ''Mister Peepers'' from 1952 to 19 ...
as Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe *
Pete Duel Peter Ellstrom Deuel (February 24, 1940 – December 31, 1971), known professionally as Pete Duel, was an American stage, television, and film actor, best known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) in the tel ...
as Honest John Smith * Roger Davis as Stephen Foster Moody * Skip Young as Desk clerk * Steve Sandor as Parker * Elliott Street as R.R. ticket clerk * Robert Miller Driscoll as Harvey 'Fat' Chance


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* 1970 television films 1970s English-language films 1970 Western (genre) films ABC Movie of the Week American Western (genre) television films {{US-tv-film-stub