Young Pioneers (1976)
- Directed by
- Michael O'Herlihy
- Genre
- western, tv movie
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young married couple settles on the American prairie to build a life and face hardships together. The story follows their struggles with weather, isolation, and survival during the pioneer era.
earnestnostalgicgentlefrontierwholesomeold-fashionedsentimentalquietly dramatic
What happens
Young Pioneers is a 1976 American Western television film which aired in March 1976 on ABC. Elements of novels Let the Hurricane Roar and Free Land by Rose Wilder Lane (daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder) were used as the basis for the movie, with Roger Kern and Linda Purl starring as the focal characters David and Molly Beaton. Although produced as a TV series pilot by ABC Circle Films and ranked #7 in the Nielsen ratings for the week it aired, the movie was not immediately picked up by ABC as a series. A second pilot attempt was made in December 1976 with Young Pioneers' Christmas, but ranked lower at #37 in the Nielsen ratings. In 1978 The Young Pioneers (miniseries) was broadcast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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