Steve Forrest and Vera Miles star in The Wild Country about a family named Tanner with their two sons Ron and Clint Howard who homestead west from
Pennsylvania to Wyoming territory to work a piece of farm land they've bought.
At a dirt cheap price I might add.
Of course the reason it came cheap was because a very mean and nasty neighbor
played by Morgan Woodward regulates the water flow. The Tanners struggle
with Woodward is the main plot line.
Other than that The Wild Country shows a lot of problems that pioneer folk
went through in settling the west. Among the many trials they endure is a
tornado, admittedly not as well staged as in Twister, but I won't complain.
There are a couple of nice performances from Jack Elam and Frank DeKova as
a pair of rustic characters with DeKova once again an Indian who help the
Tanners out.
The Wild Country is a nice family product from the Disney Studio.