The Young Country is a 1970 American Western television film written and directed by Roy Huggins, creator of TV's Maverick.
It starred Walter Brennan, Joan Hackett, Wally Cox, Pete Duel and Roger Davis.
[citation needed] Made as a pilot for a potential series, The Young Country was about con artists in the Old West.
Roy Huggins went on to develop the pilot for Alias Smith and Jones, which ABC accepted and was turned into a series of the same name.
This series followed the adventures of two reformed outlaws, who in character were not dissimilar to those played by Pete Duel and Roger Davis in The Young Country.