Little House on the Prairie (1974) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Michael Landon

Writers:

Blanche Hanalis (writer)
Jack Hanrahan (writer)

Release Date:

30 March 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Western

Plot:

Pilot to the longrunning tv-series. Story of Ingalls family who left house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.

Plot Keywords:

Wisconsin | Prairie | Kansas | River | Farmer

Cast

Michael Landon	...	Charles Ingalls
Karen Grassle	...	Caroline Ingalls
Melissa Gilbert	...	Laura Ingalls
Melissa Sue Anderson	...	Mary Ingalls
Lindsay Greenbush	...	Carrie Ingalls (as Lindsay Sidney Green Bush)
Sidney Greenbush	...	Carrie Ingalls (as Lindsay Sidney Green Bush)
Victor French	...	Isaiah Edwards
Cal Bellini	...	Brave
Sam Vlahos	...	1st Indian
Richard Alarian	...	2nd Indian
Marian Beeler	...	Charlotte Holbrook
John Steadman	...	Frederick Holbrook
Victor Mohica	...	Soldat Du Chene

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Big Sky Ranch - 4927 Bennett Road, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Quotes:

Laura Ingalls: [opening narration while the Ingalls family are leaving the big woods of Minnesota] If I had a remembrance book, I would mark down how it was when we left our little house in the big woods to go west to Indian Territory. We had to go, Pa said, because so many people had come to live in the big woods, there wasn't enough game anymore for him to hunt and he feared we might go hungry...

Movie Connections:

Featured in $30 (1999)

where did shows like this go?

I confess that the first time I sat down and watched this show, I thought it would be lame. However, after watching a few episodes, I found myself to be drawn to it. Many people today wouldn't like the show because it has values. Instead they like smut like "Temptation Island" and crap like that. Shows like this with class and emotion are rare to say the least. I love this show and I think everyone who would take an hour out to watch it, would feel the same.