Barry Sullivan

Glenn Corbett

Kathryn Hays

Andrew Prine

Brenda Scott

John Drew Barrymore

George C. Scott

Charles Seel

Kelly Corcoran

Katherine Squire

Terry Wilson

Roy Roberts

Rex Holman

Charles H. Gray

Nicolas Surovy

Edward Faulkner

Frank H. Wilkinson

Norman Macdonnell

John J. Lloyd

William Margulies

James M. Walters Sr.

Helen Colvig

Bud Westmore

Waldon O. Watson

Richard Fielder

Will Sheldon

Milton Shifman

Henry Kline

Larry Germain

Stanley Wilson

Leonard Rosenman

John McCarthy Jr.

Vincent McEveety

Western

This Savage Land

Universal Television

United States of America

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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