The Wild Country (1970)

G12/16/1970Adventure, Family, Western1h 40m
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A family leaves city life to take possession of a Wyoming ranch.

Overview

Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon, they come face-to-face with tornadoes, bears and wolves. But through the hardships their love for each other endures, even when a local rancher sees the newcomers as "squatters" on his land, and will stop at nothing – including murder – to drive them out.

Top Billed Cast

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    Steve Forrest

    Jim Tanner

  2. Cast 1

    Vera Miles

    Kate Tanner

  3. Cast 1

    Ron Howard

    Virgil Tanner

  4. Cast 1

    Clint Howard

    Andrew Tanner

  5. Cast 1

    Jack Elam

    Thompson

  6. Cast 1

    Frank De Kova

    Two Dog

  7. Cast 1

    Morgan Woodward

    Ab Cross

  8. Cast 1

    Dub Taylor

    Phil

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    Woody Chambliss

    Dakota

It ends nicely enough, but everything up until that point is underwhelming. A lot happens in <em>'The Wild Country'</em>, most of which negatively affects the protagonists. Despite that, I never really felt connected to the story and/or characters. The dialogue and behaviour for the latter is rather iffy. Steve Forrest does a solid enough job in the role of Jim, though his wife (Vera Miles) and kids (Ron Howard, yes him, + Clint Howard) are more annoying than anything else. Jack Elam is mildly enjoyable as Thompson. Morgan Woodward plays antagonist Ab Cross, he is very one-dimensional in...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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