Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

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Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
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Genre Western
Written byKen Trevey
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Starring
Music by Morton Stevens
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Bruce Lansbury
CinematographyAl Francis
Editors
  • Dann Cahn
  • David Wages
Running time96 minutes
Production company Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseMay 3, 1976 (1976-05-03)

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (also known as just Banjo Hackett) is a 1976 American Western television film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, written by Ken Trevey, and starring Don Meredith, Ike Eisenmann and Chuck Connors. The film originally aired on May 3, 1976 on NBC and was a pilot for a possible series. [1]

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Plot summary

Traveling the frontier in the 1880s, Banjo Hackett, a horse trader receives a letter from his ailing sister. After rushing to his sister's hometown, he finds that his sister has recently died and her nine-year-old son Jubal Winner has already been sent to the local orphanage. Banjo helps the boy escape and takes him along to find Dido's Lament, the boy's mare, a gift from Uncle Banjo. The race is on to recover Dido and the foal the horse is carrying before bounty hunter Sam Ivory does.

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Home media

The title was released on DVD by Sony Pictures. However, as of 2021, the film has not been released on Blu-ray or in the digital format. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (1976) - Turner Classic Movies". TCM . Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Banjo Hackett". Sony Pictures . Retrieved April 22, 2021.


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