Young Dan'l Boone
{{About|the 1977 TV program|the 1950 film|Young Daniel Boone}}
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| creator = Ernie Frankel
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| director = Earl Bellamy
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- Rick Moses
- Devon Ericson
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka
- John Joseph Thomas
- Eloy Casados
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| opentheme = Earle Hagen
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 8 (4 unaired)
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| executive_producer = Ernie Frankel
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| location = Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
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| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
- Frankel Productions
- 20th Century Fox Television
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| channel = CBS
| first_aired = {{start date|1977|9|12|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1977|10|4|df=y}}
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Young Dan'l Boone is an American adventure drama series that was broadcast on CBS for four episodes from September 12 to October 4, 1977. The series follows famed American frontiersman Daniel Boone on his adventures before his marriage. His three companions are Peter Dawes, a 12-year-old English boy, a runaway slave named Hawk, and a Cherokee named Tsiskwa. Meanwhile, Rebecca Bryan waits at home hoping she and Daniel will marry someday.
The 1960s Daniel Boone series starring Fess Parker had been a commercial success, but was often mocked for its historical inaccuracies. The makers of Young Dan'l Boone sought to be more realistic. The series was shot on location in the Appalachian Mountains near where the real Daniel Boone grew up. The plots were based more on actual events.
Cast
- Daniel Boone - Rick Moses
- Rebecca Bryan - Devon Ericson
- Hawk - Ji-Tu Cumbuka
- Peter Dawes - John Joseph Thomas
- Tsiskwa - Eloy Casados
Episodes
Details and descriptions taken from Radio Times listings:{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=Young+Dan%27l+Boone | title=Search - BBC Programme Index }}
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = The Trail Blazer
|DirectedBy = Earl Bellamy
|WrittenBy = David P. Harmon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|9|12}}
|ShortSummary= Dan'l finds himself in grave danger from a British spy working with the French militia to prevent him blazing a trail through forbidden territory.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = The Pirate
|DirectedBy = Ernie Pintoff
|WrittenBy = Albert Aley
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|9|19}}
|ShortSummary= Dan'l and his young friend Peter set off to deliver some furs, but run into trouble when the furs are stolen by a gang led by a renegade British ex-Army Sergeant.
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = The Salt Licks
|DirectedBy = Don McDougall
|WrittenBy = Robert I. Holt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|9|26}}
|ShortSummary= Dan'l and Hawk run foul of hostile Shawnee Indians whilst helping a group of settlers to work a salt mine.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = The Game
|DirectedBy = Arthur Marks
|WrittenBy = Oliver Crawford
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|10|4}}{{refn|group=nb|October 4, 1977 was the series' "special night", as its usual Monday night time slot on October 3 was preempted for the Elvis in Concert special. It turned out to be its final telecast on CBS.}}{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Western/YoungDanlBoone.htm|author=Louis H. Allgood, etc.|title=Young Dan'l Boone (1977)|publisher=CTVA|access-date=24 January 2021}}
|ShortSummary= Three renegade Cherokee Indians accidentally kill a young squaw and blame two young white settlers. Dan'l, Hawk and Peter get involved in a dangerous ritual to try to prove the lads' innocence.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = The Slaver
|DirectedBy = Don McDougall, Arthur Marks
|WrittenBy = Robert I. Holt
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1978|8|25}} (UK) (UNAIRED IN US)
|ShortSummary= Dan'l, Hawk and Peter have to take drastic action against a so-called preacher when they find out that he and his party are in fact slavers, out to capture the local Indians.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = The Haunted Mountain
|DirectedBy = Corey Allen
|WrittenBy = Albert Aley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1978|9|22}} (UK) (UNAIRED IN US)
|ShortSummary= Dan'l agrees to act as guide for three men seeking a lost gold shipment, only to find that two of them are agents for the French.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = The Plague
|DirectedBy = Arthur Marks
|WrittenBy = Margaret Armen, Alf Harris
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1978|8|18}} (UK) (UNAIRED IN US)
|ShortSummary= When a settler unwittingly kills a friendly Indian, Dan'l Boone agrees to undergo the traditional Indian trial of justice in his place.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = The Warrior
|DirectedBy = Don McDougall
|WrittenBy = Mann Rubin
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1978|9|08}} (UK) (UNAIRED IN US)
|ShortSummary= Dan'l and Peter foil an attack by Creek warrior Indians on Tsiskwa's Cherokee village, with the help of an old Indian, Big Fox.
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Guest stars
Guest stars included Cal Bellini (as Red Eagle), Jeremy Brett (as Langford), Kurt Kasznar (as Emil Van Diben), Clive Revill (as Teague), Len Birman (as Duval), Paul Shenar (as Hammond) and Richard Kiel (as Grimm). Several actors from the nearby University of Tennessee theater department played recurring Native Americans.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}
Explanatory notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0075604|title=Young Dan'l Boone}}
Category:CBS television dramas
Category:1977 American television series debuts
Category:1977 American television series endings
Category:Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
Category:Cultural depictions of Daniel Boone
Category:Television series set in the 18th century
Category:Television series about the history of the United States