''The Hatfields and the McCoys'' is a 1975 American

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television film about the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys starring

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, Steve Forrest, Richard Hatch,

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and

Robert Carradine Robert Reed Carradine ( ; born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. A member of the Carradine family, he made his first appearances on television Western series such as ''Bonanza'' and his brother David's TV series, '' Kung Fu''. Carradine's fi ...

. The film originally aired as the ''

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'' on January 15, 1975. During filming Carradine expressed interest that he and his brothers could play the Younger brothers in a proposed film Keach wanted to make where he and his brother Stacy played the James brothers. This led to the Keaches and the Carradines appearing in ''

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'' (1980).

Cast

Devil Anse Hatfield William Anderson Hatfield (September 9, 1839 – January 6, 1921), better known as Devil Anse , was the patriarch of the Hatfield clan during the infamous Hatfield–McCoy feud which has since formed part of American folklore. Anse survived t ...

* Steve Forrest as

Randall McCoy Randolph "Randall" or "Ole Ran'l" McCoy (October 30, 1825 – March 28, 1914) was the patriarch of the McCoy clan involved in the infamous American Hatfield–McCoy feud. He was born the fourth of thirteen children to Daniel McCoy (1790–1885) a ...

* Richard Hatch as Johnse Hatfield *

Karen Lamm Karen Lamm (June 21, 1952 – June 29, 2001) was an American character actress and producer. She was known for ''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'' (1974), '' The Unseen'' (1980) and '' Trackdown'' (1976). She was married to musicians Dennis Wilson an ...

as Rose Ann McCoy *

as Jim McCoy *

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as Cotton Top *

as Bob Hatfield *

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as Calvin McCoy *

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as Ellison Hatfield

References

External links

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