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The Outcasts is an American Western television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69 season. The series stars Don Murray and Otis Young. It is most notable for being the first television Western with an African American co-star.
Sep 30, 2009 · The assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy in June 1968 led the TV industry to crack down on violence and ABC retooled its new drama The Outcasts.
- Don Murray had acting in his blood. Murray’s mother Ethel was a Ziegfeld Follies performer and his father was a singer and dancer. When sound filmmaking became prevalent in 1928, the couple relocated from New York to Hollywood.
- Otis Young was born on the 4 of July. Young was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 4, 1932. After serving in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, he enrolled at NYU on the G.I.
- There was a novel. In 1968, Popular Library published a tie-in novel by Steve Frazee appropriately titled, “The Outcasts.” Frazee also novelized other popular Western series of the era, including Bonanza and The High Chaparral and his stories formed the basis for episodes of Bronco and Cheyenne, as well as a handful of feature films.
- The frank racial component of The Outcasts appealed to both actors. “I believe this is sociologically important,” Murray told Variety after he was cast in 1968.
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The Outcasts: Created by Ben Brady, Leon Tokatyan. With Don Murray, Otis Young, Don 'Red' Barry, Art Metrano. A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War.
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- 1968-09-23
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Bounty hunter Earl Corey and his partner, Jemal David, return to a place where an incident occurred that has devastated Corey's life: he accidentally killed an innocent young woman. After they arrive there, the two encounter the dead girl's strange mother.
Outcasts: Created by Ben Richards. With Hermione Norris, Daniel Mays, Amy Manson, Ashley Walters. With Earth rapidly becoming uninhabitable, pioneers seek to colonize the harsh terrain of the planet Carpathia. 10 years later, the town of Forthaven faces danger as the planet's dark secrets are revealed.
Buy Outcasts — Season 1 on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Seeking the chance to build a better future, a group of courageous pioneers departs Earth for Carpathia, a newly discovered planet in a...
