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Dallas: The Early Years

Year:

1986

Duration:

180 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Larry Elikann

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1986-03-23

Filming Locations: Cloyce Box Ranch - 10514 E.Main St., Frisco, Texas, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Wendel Meldrum

David Marshall Grant

Willard 'Diggers' Barnes

Dale Midkiff

Jock Ewing

Molly Hagan

Ellie

David Wilson

Jason Ewing

Hoyt Axton

Aaron Southworth

Larry Hagman

J.R. Ewing

Bill Duke

Seth Foster

Geoffrey Lewis

Ed Porter

Diane Franklin

Amanda

Marshall Thompson

Dr. Ted Johnson

William Frankfather

Newman

Josef Rainer

Sam Culver

Marjie Rynearson

Barbara Southworth

Elizabeth Keifer

Cherie

Matt Mulhern

Garrison Southworth

Davis Roberts

The Preacher

Kevin Wixted

Young J.R.

Joe Berryman

Roscoe

Angie Bolling

Deborah

Blue Deckert

Card Player

Cynthia Dorn

Jeanne

Bob Hannah

The Sheriff

Norma Moore

Maggie Monahan

Randy Moore

Hotel Manager

Karen Radcliffe

The Hooker

Terrence Riggins

Benjamin Foster

Norma Allen

Townswoman

Jesse Bace

Driver

Ryan Beadle

Young Bobby

Frank Bell

Sharecropper

Terry Evans

Young Man

Johnny Felder

Young Cliff

Lee Gideon

Haskins

Max Harvey

Farmer

Rhashell Hunter

Priscilla Foster

Joyce Ingle

Townswoman

George Leverett

Square Dance Caller

Bernie Moore

Young Benjamin Foster

Tony Morris

Ranch Hand

Chuck Page

Townsman

Peyton E. Park

The Justice

Jim Ponds

Farmer

Ray Redd

Townsman

Debra Lynn Rogers

Joanne Haskins

Rose Mari Roundtree

Girlfriend

Mike Shanks

Hobo

Gena Sleete

Townswoman

Louanne Stephens

Woman

Fred Vest

Ranch Hand

Woody Watson

Legionaire

Andrea Wauters

Young Pam

Bethany Wright

Laurette

Joel Allen

Gary Ewing

Michael Bendall

Rigger (uncredited)

Bambi Blitz

Receptionist (uncredited)

Bill Bolender

4th Player (uncredited)

James Clarke

Oil Field Worker (uncredited)

John William Galt

Guest (uncredited)

Gordon Greene

Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)

Vernon Grote

Foreman (uncredited)

Benton Jennings

Oil Man (uncredited)

T.J. Kennedy

Abernathy (uncredited)

Dennis Letts

Crick (uncredited)

Nathan Lee Lewis

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

L. Gregg Loso

Webster

Suzanne Niles

Waitress-Cattle Baron's Restaurant (uncredited)

Luci-Lynn Norris

(uncredited)

Andy Sherman

Foreman (uncredited)

Scott Sligar

Painter (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

It was originally intended for the character of Miss Ellie played by Barbara Bel Geddes to introduce this movie but because of ill health, the story was written to have J.R. (played by Larry Hagman) do the intro.

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Goofs

One of the musicians playing at the 1951 Armistice Day party is playing an electric bass guitar. In 1951, electric basses were in their infancy and were not yet available to the public in quantity. Even if this player was lucky enough to obtain one, its color would have been blonde or sunburst, not black. A more appropriate instrument for this scene would have been an upright acoustic bass.

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In the last scene, young Cliff pulls his sister Pam away from a swing being pushed by little Bobby. In the next shot, as the camera pulls back from him, Bobby is no longer standing behind the swing but clear to the side of it.

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Quotes

J.R. Ewing: Well, I don't know how much help I can give you. Daddy didn't keep any records in the early years.

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Young Cliff: Come on, Pam, we're leaving!

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