Stewart Petersen Movies

Lead actor, onscreen from 1975. ~ Rovi

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The Rivals: 1981

In this drama, a hard-working adolescent endeavors to help out his financially struggling family. At the same time, he deals with ostracism at high school. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

The Pony Express Rider: 1976; G; Add The Pony Express Rider to Queue Add The Pony Express Rider to top of Queue

Designed for the regional family trade, Pony Express Rider is a fond harkback to the Saturday afternoon westerns of old. Stewart Paterson plays the title character, a young frontiersman hoping to avenge his father's death. He takes a job with the Pony Express mail service in hopes of running across his dad's murderer. The supporting cast is populated with such always-welcome reliables as Joan Caulfield, Henry Wilcoxon, Ken Curtis, Slim Pickens and Dub Taylor. Pony Express Rider was directed by Robert J. Totten, a specialist in episodic television horse operas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The Skating Rink: 1975

Teenaged farm boy Tucker "Tuck" Holland (Stewart Petersen) is shy and lonely, afraid that he will be ridiculed because he stutters. As he walks home from school -- alone, as usual -- Tuck notices a construction site, where a new skating rink is being built. For the next several weeks, he hangs around the site, eagerly anticipating the rink's opening. Sure enough, once the building has gone up and Tuck has strapped on his skates, he manages to overcome his shyness and reticence by becoming a champion on the ice -- and absolutely no one cares that he still has trouble getting his words out! This ABC Afterschool Special is based on a novel by Bob Rodgers, and features Ron Howard's father, Rance Howard, as Tuck's dad. ~ Rovi

Starring:: Stewart Petersen, Jerry Dexter, (more)

Seven Alone: 1975; G; Add Seven Alone to Queue Add Seven Alone to top of Queue

A septet of settler's children find themselves orphaned and alone following a disaster on the Oregon trail. This fact-based, family-oriented adventure chronicles their cross-country odyssey as they make their way westward. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Against a Crooked Sky: 1975; G; Add Against a Crooked Sky to Queue Add Against a Crooked Sky to top of Queue

Against a Crooked Sky is a remake of John Ford's landmark western The Searchers. Richard Boone appears in the John Wayne role, playing an ageing trapper obsessed with rescuing a white girl from her Indian captors. Another movie veteran, Henry Wilcoxon, is the ruthless yet honorable Indian chief. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Richard Boone, Stewart Petersen, (more)

Where the Red Fern Grows: 1974; G; Add Where the Red Fern Grows to Queue Add Where the Red Fern Grows to top of Queue

Based on the novel by Wilson Rawls, this film follows the events that befall a young Oklahoma farm boy as he, with the help of his two beloved hounds, struggles to help his family get by in the hard times of the 1930s. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi

Starring:: James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, (more)

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