''Nevada Smith'' is a 1975 American
Western television film starring
Cliff Potts,
Adam West and
Lorne Greene, based on the 1966 feature film ''
Nevada Smith''.
This was a
pilot for an unsold
Western series.
These characters were first introduced in the theatrical feature of the same title in 1966, and before that in 1964's ''
The Carpetbaggers''. Potts and Greene had the roles played earlier by
Steve McQueen
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and
Brian Keith (in the namesake movie) and by
Alan Ladd
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and
Leif Erickson
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in ''The Carpetbaggers''.
Plot
A
half-breed gunslinger and a friend he hasn't seen in years join together to escort a shipment of explosives across
Utah.
Cast
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Cliff Potts as Nevada Smith
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Lorne Greene as Jonas Cord
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Adam West as Frank Hartlee
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Warren Vanders as Red Fickett
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Roger Cudney as Perkins
References
External links
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See also
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List of American films of 1975
A list of American films released in 1975.
'' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The highest-grossing film of 1975 was ''Jaws''.
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See also
* 1975 in the Uni ...
1975 television films
1975 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) television films
Films directed by Gordon Douglas
1970s English-language films
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