The Awakening Land (1978– )

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Frontierswoman Sayward Luckett's struggles in Ohio during the late 18th-century and early 19th-century.

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Season:

1

Year:

1978
Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmys. See more awards »
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Cast

Complete series cast summary:
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 Sayward Luckett Wheeler (3 episodes, 1978)
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 Portius Wheeler - The Solitary (3 episodes, 1978)
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 Genny Luckett (3 episodes, 1978)
Steven Keats ...
 Jake Tench (3 episodes, 1978)
Tony Mockus Jr. ...
 Worth Luckett (3 episodes, 1978)
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 Will Beagle (3 episodes, 1978)
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 Billy Harbison (3 episodes, 1978)
Dorrie Kavanaugh ...
 Mistress Bartram (2 episodes, 1978)
Derin Altay ...
 Achsa Luckett (2 episodes, 1978)
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 Isaac Barker (2 episodes, 1978)
Charles Tyner ...
 Reverend Hutchins (2 episodes, 1978)
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 Resolve Wheeler (2 episodes, 1978)
Johnny Timko ...
 Kinzie Wheeler (2 episodes, 1978)
Barney McFadden ...
 Louie Scurrah (2 episodes, 1978)
Pia Romans ...
 Huldah Wheeler (2 episodes, 1978)
Sonja Lanzener ...
 Annie McFall (2 episodes, 1978)
Art Kassul ...
 George Roebuck (2 episodes, 1978)
Bernie Kuby ...
 Mathias Cottle (2 episodes, 1978)
Ann Eggert ...
 Mary Harbison (2 episodes, 1978)
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 Zephon Brown (2 episodes, 1978)
Sandra Wheeler ...
 Cora Barker (2 episodes, 1978)
Wally Engelhardt ...
 Jim McFall (2 episodes, 1978)
Olesley Cole ...
 Moses (2 episodes, 1978)
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 First Peddler (2 episodes, 1978)
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Frontierswoman Sayward Luckett's struggles in Ohio during the late 18th-century and early 19th-century.

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19 February 1978 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Erwachendes Land  »

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| (3 episodes)

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1.33 : 1
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William H. Macy's first filmed project. See more »

Goofs

In the scene where little Rosa Tench is walking along the river bank, you can see an abandoned automobile tire lying in the mud. The movie was supposed to be set in the 1800s. See more »

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The awkening land is a 6-hour TV miniseries which relates the building of the Midwest through the experiences of one family, the Lucketts of Ohio. The principal character is Sayward Luckett, played by Elizabeth Montgomery in what many consider to be her finest performance. Sayward marries the eductated, but irresponsibile local attorney, called "The Solitary" by the townspeople, and she raises her children and grandchildren through trials and tribulations, holding the family together through the most difficult of circumstances. A tribute to the American spi


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