We'll Take Manhattan (TV 1967)

An inexperienced lawyer attempts to help a 140 year-old Native American and his tribe regain their property in downtown Manhattan.

Director:

James Neilson

Writers:

Larry Markes, Michael Morris

Stars:

Dwayne Hickman, Allan Melvin, Ben Blue

Cast

Cast overview:
Dwayne Hickman	...	Lucas Greystone
Allan Melvin	...	Eagle Eye
Ben Blue	...	Chief Irontail
Leslie Perkins	...	Laughing Brook
Walter Woolf King	...	Harrison Conroy (as Walter Wolf King)

Storyline

An inexperienced lawyer attempts to help a 140 year-old Native American and his tribe regain their property in downtown Manhattan.

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Plot Keywords:

native american | lawyer | unsold tv series pilot | manhattan new york city | native american chief

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 April 1967 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

I Would Not Mind Seeing This Again

Summertime TV fare used to include pilot episodes of show ideas that were not bought. "We'll Take Manhattan", if I remember correctly, was one of these.

I absolutely loved the main idea. Yes, (the show says) the Dutch did indeed pay some natives about $24 in beads for the island of Manhattan. But, according to an old something-or-other (a document on an old piece of leather? I forget), those Indians did not own Manhattan; instead, they were just visiting from another part of the New York area and laughed all the way home. So . . . the rightful owners of Manhattan were the original Indian tribe that did live there, and it so happened that there had always been a member of the tribe living on the island, and the current one was the tribe's chief, a wizened old man -- and the rightful owner of the whole island.

Very cute, and I've never forgotten it. But I don't know what a second episode would have been about. Perhaps, then, I understood why the series never was bought.