Young Dan'l Boone | |
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Genre | Adventure Drama |
Directed by | Earl Bellamy |
Starring | David Adamson Norman Alden Cal Bellini Len Birman Matt Birman |
Opening theme | Earl Hagen |
Ending theme | Earl Hagen |
Country of origin | USA |
Language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 aired, 8 filmed |
Production | |
Location(s) | Smoky Mountains, Tennessee |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company(s) | 20th Century Fox Television |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | CBS |
Original run | 12 September 1977 – 3 October 1977 |
Young Dan'l Boone is a short-lived TV series broadcast on CBS for only four episodes from September 12 to October 10, 1977. The series followed Daniel Boone on his adventures before he was married. His 3 companions were Peter Dawes, a 12-year-old English boy, a runaway slave named Hawk, and a Cherokee Indian named Tsiskwa. Meanwhile, Rebecca Bryan waits at home hoping she and Daniel would marry someday.
Guest stars included Cal Bellini, Victor Jory, Jeremy Brett, Kurt Kasznar, Clive Revill, Richard Kiel, and Paul Shenar. Several actors from the nearby University of Tennessee theater department played recurring Native Americans.