The Awakening Land (1978)
A lusty frontier saga about a pioneer woman and her love for her family, the man she marries, and the land on which she lives, dramatized from Conrad Richter's Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy: 'The Trees;' 'The Fields;' and 'The Town.' The series originally aired on NBC in three installments from February 19 to February 21, 1978 and stars Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook.
Release date: 1978-02-19
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Orginal language: English
Director: Boris Sagal
Novel: Conrad Richter
Seasons
Main cast
Elizabeth Montgomery
as Sayward Luckett Wheeler
Hal Holbrook
as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
Jane Seymour
as Genny Luckett
Steven Keats
as Jake Tench
Louise Latham
as Jary Luckett
Michelle Stacy
as Sulie Luckett
William H. Macy
as Will Beagle
Jeanette Nolan
as Granny McWhirter
Charles Tyner
as Reverend Hutchins
Bert Remsen
as Isaac Barker
Joan Tompkins
as Aunt Cornelia Wheeler
Wilford Brimley
as Jude McWhirter
Katy Kurtzman
as Rosa Tench
Rest of the main cast - click here to expand
Tony Mockus Jr. - Worth Luckett, Derin Altay - Ascha Luckett, Barney McFadden - Louie Scurrah, James D. O'Reilly - Angus Witherspoon, Dorrie Kavanaugh - Mistress Bartram
Crew - click here to expand
Boris Sagal - Director, Liam O'Brien - Teleplay, Conrad Richter - Novel, Michel Hugo - Director of Photography, Jack De Shields - Production Design, Fred Price - Set Decoration, Robert E. Relyea - Producer, Frank Tauss - Costume Design, James Lee Barrett - Teleplay, Tom Kuhn - Executive Producer, Harry Bernsen - Executive Producer, Harry Bernstein - Executive Producer, Fred Karlin - Original Music Composer