The Road West

(1966-1967)

55 minutes

Western  

Cast:

Barry Sullivan as Ben Pride, the father
Kathryn Hays as Elizabeth Pride, Ben’s wife
Andrew Prine as Tim Pride, Ben’s son  
Brenda Scott as Midge Pride, Ben’s daughter 
Glenn Corbett as Chance Reynolds, Elizabeth’s brother 
Kelly Corcoran as Christopher 'Kip' Pride, Ben’s son
Charles Seel as Thomas Jefferson 'Tom' Pride, Ben’s father

The struggles of a family of homesteaders, the Prides, as they attempt to establish a new life during the 1860's in and around Lawrence County, Kansas.  The Road West is an American Western television series that aired for 29 episodes on NBC from September 12, 1966 to May 1, 1967.  The series stars Barry Sullivan as Benjamin 'Ben' Pride, the patriarch of a pioneer family in Kansas. The series also stars Kathryn Hays as Elizabeth Pride, Ben's second wife; Andrew Prine as Ben's 30-year-old son, Timothy 'Tim' Pride, and Brenda Scott as the daughter, Midge Pride.  The Prides left Springfield, Ohio where the family had lived for several generations and moved west shortly after the American Civil War. Ben, a widower, marries Elizabeth Reynolds, played by Hays, who is twenty-one years his junior and only three years older than stepson Tim, played by Prine.     

Music: Leonard Rosenman