Dallas: The Early Years (1986)
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Inspired by guess what television series, this made-for-TV movie traces the follies and fortunes of the Ewings and the Barneses all the way back to the 1930s. The familiar Dallas characters are played by unfamiliar (albeit very able) younger players: Miss Ellie, for example, isn't Barbara Bel Geddes (nor even Donna Reed) but the unknown Molly Hagan, while Jock Ewing is the slightly more recognizable Dale Midkiff. Larry Hagman, aka J.R. Ewing, appears long enough to introduce the film. As for J.R. himself, he shows up as an ominously nasty teenager, played by Kevin Wixted. Playing to fabulous ratings, Dallas: The Early Years debuted March 23, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Larry Elikann
Synopsis of Dallas: The Early Years
Inspired by guess what television series, this made-for-TV movie traces the follies and fortunes of the Ewings and the Barneses all the way back to the 1930s. The familiar Dallas characters are played by unfamiliar (albeit very able) younger players: Miss Ellie, for example, isn't Barbara Bel Geddes (nor even Donna Reed) but the unknown Molly Hagan, while Jock Ewing is the slightly more recognizable Dale Midkiff. Larry Hagman, aka J.R. Ewing, appears long enough to introduce the film. As for J.R. himself, he shows up as an ominously nasty teenager, played by Kevin Wixted. Playing to fabulous ratings, Dallas: The Early Years debuted March 23, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Dallas: The Early Years
- Molly Hagan - Eleanor 'Miss Ellie' Ewing
- Hoyt Axton - Aaron Southworth
- Bill Duke - Seith Foster
- Diane Franklin - Amanda
- Geoffrey Lewis - Ed Porter
- Kevin Gerard Wixted - J. R. Ewing (as a child)
- Dale Midkiff - John 'Jock' Ewing
- Larry Hagman - J. R. Ewing (as an adult)
- William Frankfather - Newman
- David Marshall Grant - Willard 'Diggers' Barnes
- Marshall Thompson - Dr. Ted Johnson
- David Willson - Jason Ewing
- Director(s):
- Larry Elikann
- Writer(s):
- David Jacobs
- Producer(s):
- Joseph B. Wallenstein
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