Young Pioneers (film)
| Young Pioneers | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Western |
| Based on | Let the Hurricane Roar Free Land by Rose Wilder Lane |
| Screenplay by | Blanche Hanalis |
| Directed by | Michael O'Herlihy |
| Starring | Linda Purl Roger Kern |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Ed Friendly |
| Producer | Ed Friendly |
| Production locations | Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, Los Angeles, California Southern Arizona, Arizona |
| Cinematography | Robert L. Morrison |
| Editor | Allan LaMastra |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Production company | ABC Circle Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | March 1, 1976 |
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.