The Tenderfoot

Overview

Based on author James H. Tevis' Arizona in the 50s. Natural dangers and hostile Indians create problems for travelers in the West in the 1850s; a young man almost killed in an Indian raid looks to a frontier scout, Mose Carson, for an education. They get involved in a plan to sell wild mustangs to the Army. The edited-down theatertical release of a 3-part miniseries that aired on television.

Directed by Robert L. Friend

Top cast

Brian Keith

Mose Carson

Brandon De Wilde

Jim Tevis

James Whitmore

Captain Ewell

Richard Long

Paul Durand

Donald May

Thatcher

Christopher Dark

Pike

Rafael Campos

Juarez

Judson Pratt

The Sergeant

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Pedro

C

Carlos Romero

Commandante Maldonado

Victoria Vetri

Senorita Margarita

H

Harry Harvey Jr.

Corporal

Eddie Little Sky

Indian Leader

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