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

Richard Fielder

Norman Macdonnell

Leonard Rosenman

William Margulies

Milton Shifman

John J. Lloyd

John McCarthy Jr.

James M. Walters Sr.

Helen Colvig

Larry Germain

Bud Westmore

Will Sheldon

Henry Kline

Waldon O. Watson

Frank H. Wilkinson

Stanley Wilson

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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