Pete Duel, Unsold Television Pilots, 1990

Pete Duel entries in Unsold Television Pilots 1955 through 1988
By Lee Goldbert
1990
NBC/Drama
1031. The Scavengers (aka How to Steal an Airplane; aka Only One Day Left Before Tomorrow).
2 hours. Airdate: 12/10/72 [sic, 12/10/71]. Production Companies: Public Arts and Universal Television. Director: Leslie H. Martinson. Executive Producer: Roy Huggins. Producers: Jo Swerling, Jr. and Carl Pingitore. Writers: Robert Foster and Phi DeGuere. Music: Pete Rugolo.
Two adventurers reclaim goods taken by others and that the law can't return to the rightful owners. In the pilot, they steal a jet hijacked by a South American dictator.
Cast: Peter Deuel (as Sam Rollins), Clinton Greyn (Evan Brice), Sal Mineo (Luis Ortega), Claudine Longet (Michell Chivot), Katherine Crawford (Jan), Julie Sommars (Dorothy), Don Diamond (Sgt. Sam).
ABC/Drama
1043. The Young Country.
90 min. Airdate: 3/17/70. Production Companies: Public Arts and Universal Television.
Director: Roy Huggins. Executive Producer: Roy Huggins. Producers: Carl Pingitore and Steve Heilpern. Writer: Roy Huggins. Music: Pete Rugolo.
The adventures of gambler Stephen Foster Moody (Roger Davis) who in the pilot tracks down the rightful heir to $38,000 that belong to a mysterious gunman, played by Wally Cox. Peter Deuel, as a shady drifter, would have costarred in the series. Cast: Roger Davis (as Stephen Foster Moody), Peter Deuel (Honest John Smith), Walter Brennan (Sheriff Matt Fenley), Joan Hackett (Clementine Hale), Wally Cox (Aaron Grimes/Ira Greebe), Skip Young (Hotel Manager), Steve Sandor (Parker), Walter Driscoll Miller (Harvey Fat Chance), Richard Van Fleet (Randy Willis).
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