- Dallas: The Early Years
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Dallas: The Early Years was a made for television movie that first aired on March 23, 1986 on CBS during the eighth season of the TV series Dallas. It chronicled the exploits of John Ross "Jock" Ewing (played by Dale Midkiff), Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Southworth Ewing (played by Molly Hagan), and Willard "Digger" Barnes (played by David Marshall Grant) during the 1930s and firmly established the beginning of TV's Dallas with the long and ongoing feud between Jock Ewing and Digger Barnes. Larry Hagman appeared in the opening sequence as his character J.R. Ewing, conducting an interview with a reporter who is researching the Barnes-Ewing feud.
DVD Release
Warner Home Video is releasing Dallas: The Early Years on DVD April 12, 2011 on Dallas: The Movie Collection 2-disc set.
Dallas Main characters Cliff Barnes · Pamela Barnes Ewing · Donna Culver Krebbs · Bobby Ewing · Miss Ellie Ewing · Jock Ewing · J. R. Ewing · Lucy Ewing · Sue Ellen Ewing · Clayton Farlow · Cally Harper Ewing · Ray Krebbs · April Stevens Ewing · Jenna WadeSupporting characters Willard Barnes · James Richard Beaumont · Afton Cooper · Gary Ewing · Valene Ewing · John Ross Ewing III · Kristin Shepard · Michelle StevensCast Spin-offs Knots Landing (1979–1993) · Dallas Quest (1984) · Dallas: The Early Years (1986) · Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) · Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998) · Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork (2004) · Dallas (2012)Key crew Related articles Categories:- 1986 films
- Dallas (TV series) films
- Films based on television series
- Television film stubs
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