The Wild Country is a 1970 American adventure western film directed by Robert Totten and starring Steve Forrest and Vera Miles. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions. The screenplay is based on the Ralph Moody book Little Britches.
Directed By: Robert Totten
Starring: Steve Forrest and Vera Miles
Revenue: $4 million (rentals) (US/Canada)
Synopsis:
Jim and Kate Tanner, along with their sons Virgil and Andrew, relocate from Pittsburgh to a farm in Wyoming in the late 1880s, where they discover the ranch in disrepair. To make matters worse, Jim discovers from trapper Thompson and his Shoshone friend Two Dog that the source of his land’s water goes through property owned by the powerful rancher Ab Cross, putting him at Ab’s mercy. Ab is uncooperative and refuses to quit grazing his steers on Tanner’s property. Jim’s threat to go to court against Ab is welcomed with laughing, and Jim is informed that there are no laws in their domain.