The Young Rebels

The Young Rebels

infobox television
show_name = The Young Rebels


caption =
format = Adventure
runtime = 60 min.
creator = Peter Gayle
starring = Richard Ely
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Alex Henteloff
Hilary Thompson
Philippe Forquet
country = USA
executive_producer = Aaron Spelling
network = ABC
opentheme =
camera =
first_aired = September 20 1970
last_aired = January 4 1971
num_episodes = 15
num_seasons = 1
tv_com_id = 9814
imdb_id = 0065358
website =

"The Young Rebels" was a television series broadcast in the United States by ABC as part of its 1970 fall lineup.

Plot

"The Young Rebels" was the story of a group of youthful guerrillas fighting on the Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War. They were part of the fictional "Yankee Doodle Society", based in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1777. Their goal was to harass the British forces however they could and serve as spies for the rebels. The four main characters were Jeremy (Richard Ely), son of the mayor of Chester, Isak (Louis Gossett, Jr.), a former slave, Henry (Alex Henteloff), a bright young, bespectacled man who looked a lot (by design) like a younger Benjamin Franklin, whom he greatly admired, and Elizabeth (Hillary Thompson), Jeremy's even-younger girlfriend. Any parallel between this "youth movement" and the one going on in the United States in real life at the same time that this show was aired was completely intentional. Aiding these young American rebels in their cause was a young French rebel, the Marquis de Lafayette (Philippe Forquet), who had come to their aid not just because he believed in their cause but also to learn how to export many of its principles to his native France.

Despite extensive promotion and a large (by television standards of the era) production budget, "The Young Rebels" failed to garner much of an audience and was canceled at midseason.

References

Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows"

External links

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* [http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/youngrebels1970/ The Young Rebels Yahoo Group]
* [http://www.geocities.com/theyoungrebels/index.html The Young Rebels Fan Site]
* [http://www.geocities.com/doodlescribe The Young Rebels Fan Fiction]


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