Nevada Smith (1975 film)

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Nevada Smith
Genre Western
Written by John Michael Hayes
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Starring Cliff Potts
Adam West
Lorne Greene
Warren Vanders
Roger Cudney
Music by Lamont Dozier
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersJohn Michael Hayes
Martin Rackin
Cinematography Gabriel Torres
Editor John C. Horger
Running time74 minutes
Production companies MGM Television
Rackin-Hayes Productions
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseMay 3, 1975 (1975-05-03)

Nevada Smith is a 1975 American Western television film starring Cliff Potts, Adam West and Lorne Greene, based on the 1966 feature film Nevada Smith . [1]

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This was a pilot for an unsold Western series. [2] These characters were first introduced in the theatrical feature of the same title in 1966, and before that in 1964's The Carpetbaggers . Potts and Greene had the roles played earlier by Steve McQueen and Brian Keith (in the namesake movie) and by Alan Ladd and Leif Erickson in The Carpetbaggers. [2]

Plot

A half-breed gunslinger and a friend he hasn't seen in years join together to escort a shipment of explosives across Utah.

Cast

References

  1. Michael R. Pitts (November 1, 1997). Western Movies: A TV and Video Guide to 4200 Genre Films. McFarland & Company. ISBN   978-0786404216.
  2. 1 2 "Nevada Smith (1975)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

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