In Search of America
- Jeff Bridges
- Carl Betz
- Vera Miles
- Ruth McDevitt
In Search of America is a 1971 American television pilot directed by Paul Bogart[1] that was broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week. It features footage of the Sky River Rock Festival.[2]
Plot
Mike Olson informs his family that he wishes to drop out of university in order to find himself by travelling through the United States. He convinces his mother, father and grandmother, but not his sister, to come along with him in a 1920s bus converted into a mobile home. Their first stop is a rock festival where Mike falls in love with the mysterious Kathy who is not what she seems.
Cast
- Jeff Bridges as Mike Olson
- Carl Betz as Ben Olson
- Vera Miles as Jenny Olson
- Ruth McDevitt as Grandma Rose
- Renne Jarrett as Kathy
- Howard Duff as Ray Chandler
- Kim Hunter as Cora Chandler
- Sal Mineo as Nick
- Michael Anderson Jr. as J.J.
- Tyne Daly as Anne
- Glynn Turman as Bodhi
- George D. Wallace as Clarence
Production
Producer William Froug was given ten days to shoot the film. At the last minute, the key element in the screenplay, the death of one of the leads was disapproved by the ABC network.[3]
References
- ^ p.114 Terrace, Vincent Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937-2019 McFarland September 5, 2019
- ^ pp. 38-39 McKenna, Michael The ABC Movie of the Week: Big Movies for the Small Screen Scarecrow Press 22 August 2013
- ^ p. 265 Froug, William How I Escaped from Gilligan's Island: And Other Misadventures of a Hollywood Writer Popular Press 30 August 2005
External links
- In Search of America at IMDb
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