The Young Pioneers

Based On the book by Rose Wilder Lane

The Young Pioneers was a trial-run American Broadcasting Company Western television series about young newlyweds who settle in the Dakota Territory during the 1870s. If the first three episodes had received good ratings the series may have found a place on the network's fall lineup. The series was based on the plot of Rose Wilder Lane's 1933 novel Let the Hurricane Roar, which was reissued as Young Pioneers though the main characters names came from her novel Free Land. In March 1975, the television film Young Pioneers was watched by 40 million viewers, so in December 1975 a second film Young Pioneers' Christmas continued the story of homesteaders Molly and David Beaton, and served as a pilot for a planned ABC series.

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Director:

Irving J. Moore

Cast:

Robert Hays, Mare Winningham, Linda Purl, Robert Donner

Genre:

Historical, Drama, Westerns on television

Country:

United States

Language:

English