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Two Bret Harte adventures, "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "The Outcasts of Poker Flat", are threaded together and related from Harte's point of view, with Robert Hays playing Harte as an aspiring young writer who goes west in the 1840's in search of adventure. Another in the "Classics Illustrated" s
Cast & Crew
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Jack B Hively
Director
John Bishop
Cliff Osmond
Gene Evans
Bert Santos
Ken Curtis
Film Details
Genre
Adventure
Western
Release Date
1981
Location
Utah, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Two Bret Harte adventures, "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "The Outcasts of Poker Flat", are threaded together and related from Harte's point of view, with Robert Hays playing Harte as an aspiring young writer who goes west in the 1840's in search of adventure. Another in the "Classics Illustrated" series (this entry filmed in 1979) that NBC aired periodically between 1977 and 1982.
Director
Jack B Hively
Director
Cast
John Bishop
Cliff Osmond
Gene Evans
Bert Santos
Ken Curtis
Henry Jones
Henry Max Kendrick
John Hansen
Robert Hays
Narrator
Victor Mohica
Bill Zuckert
Coleman Creel
Tim Bailey
William Moore
H E D Redford
Peter Griffin
David Chambers
Jim Strong
Dennis Williams
Scott Wilkinson
Stewart Falconer
Don Gomes
Don Haggerty
John Aspiras
Oscar Rowland
John Dehner
Don Casto
Crew
Dean R Brown
Construction
Jim Bryan
Sound Effects
Dan Carlin
Music Editor
Paul Carter
Property Master
Thomas C Chapman
Screenplay
Morris Chapnick
Production Manager
James L Conway
Producer
Billy Dickson
Camera Operator
Rochelle Durrant
Other
Carole Fontana
Production Coordinator
Steve Gray
Director Of Photography
Tam Halling
Transportation Captain
James Halty
Stunt Coordinator
Bruce Hamme
Key Grip
Sanford Hampton
Other
Bret Harte
From Story
Don Hauer
Assistant Director
Ken Horn
Makeup Artist
Trevor Jolly
Editor
Tom Lauder
Construction Coordinator
Roy London
Screenplay
Raye Maddocks
Hairdresser
Joe Mayer
Dialogue Editor
Patricia Motkya
Script Supervisor
Jefferson Richard
Assistant Director
Glen Schellerup
Gaffer
Charles E Sellier
Executive Producer
Stan Siegel
Associate Producer
Jim Simard
Art Director
Paul Staheli
Production Designer
Bob Summers
Music
Doug Vaughn
Sound
Pat Wareing
Wardrobe
Mindy Willingham-lacy
Post-Production Coordinator
Harry Woolman
Special Effects
Film Details
Genre
Adventure
Western
Release Date
1981
Location
Utah, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States July 30, 1981