Elizabeth Montgomery
as Sayward Luckett Wheeler
Director: Boris Sagal
A lusty frontier saga about a pioneer woman and her love for her family, the man she marries, and the land on which she lives, dramatized from Conrad Richter's Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy: 'The Trees;' 'The Fields;' and 'The Town.' The series originally aired on NBC in three installments from February 19 to February 21, 1978 and stars Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook.
Elizabeth Montgomery
as Sayward Luckett Wheeler
Hal Holbrook
as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
Jane Seymour
as Genny Luckett
Steven Keats
as Jake Tench
Louise Latham
as Jary Luckett
Tony Mockus Jr.
as Worth Luckett
Derin Altay
as Ascha Luckett
Michelle Stacy
as Sulie Luckett
Barney McFadden
as Louie Scurrah
William H. Macy
as Will Beagle
Jeanette Nolan
as Granny McWhirter
James D. O'Reilly
as Angus Witherspoon
Charles Tyner
as Reverend Hutchins
Dorrie Kavanaugh
as Mistress Bartram
Bert Remsen
as Isaac Barker
Joan Tompkins
as Aunt Cornelia Wheeler
Wilford Brimley
as Jude McWhirter
Katy Kurtzman
as Rosa Tench
In Part 1, the Wheeler family encounters Indians and the elder daughters attract would-be suitors.
As the Wheeler family grows larger, Sayward (Elizabeth Montgomery) and her husband (Hal Holbrook) grow apart.
Adversities from cholera to wayward children ultimately yield to good fortune for Sayward and Portius in the conclusion of this 3-part miniseries.