This Savage Land
It Was the Last Frontier...And it Took a Special Breed of Men to Tame It!
Shortly after the Civil War, Kansas homesteaders are harassed by Confederate marauders. This was the pilot for the television series 'The Road West ', originally aired in two episodes.
Production
Production
Cast
Barry Sullivan
Benjamin Pride
Glenn Corbett
Chance Reynolds
Kathryn Hays
Elizabeth Reynolds
Andrew Prine
Timothy Pride
Brenda Scott
Margaret 'Midge' Pride
John Drew Barrymore
Stacy Daggart
George C. Scott
Jud Barker
Katherine Squire
Grandma Pride
Terry Wilson
Nate
Roy Roberts
Dr. Mordecai Reynolds
Charles H. Gray
Lt. Galloway
Nicolas Surovy
Davy
Edward Faulkner
1st Stage Driver
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Reviews
John Chard
Not really savage, more uncomfortable really.
Ohio widower Ben Pride (Barry Sullivan) moves to Kansas with his parents and children shortly after the Civil War. When they arrive in Lawrence they are harassed by Confederate marauders led by Jud Barker (George C. Scott). Ben also has matters of the heart to contend with as he starts to fall for Elizabeth Reynolds (Kathryn Hays), the daughter of the local doctor.
This is basically a TV movie that was spliced together from a TV series in the 60s called The Road West. It's a bit uneven and certain character factors are hard to swallow - such as the 21 year gap between the Sullivan and Hays romance, and the underuse of Scott's complex character - yet it's well performed and has the requisite Western staples to please fans of the genre. 5.5/10
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