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Matt and Jenny

1979

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EP1 Search For A New Home Oct 21, 1979

After the death of their father, Matt and Jenny and their mother leave England for Nova Scotia only to encounter another tragedy- their mother dies of typhoid while at sea. The children fear that the captain will return them to England or else place them in an orphan's home in Montreal. They escape in Halifax but are falsely accused of theft. Adam Cardston comes to their rescue, offering to take them to their uncle's farm.

EP2 Thunder and Lightning Birds Oct 28, 1979

Cardston, helped by Matt and Jenny, races against time to save the life of a seriously injured lumberjack. The Tanners meet Kit, a young man of the wilderness who helps them survive a forest fire and save the life of the man with a broken leg. Lebelle: Yvon Barrett.

EP3 The Bellinis Nov 04, 1979

Matt and Jenny hitch a ride with a circus family, who are believed to be thieves and are being pursued by a man and haunted by series of mysterious accidents. Bellini: Cameron Mitchell.

EP4 The Long Return Nov 11, 1979

With Cardston's help. Matt and Jenny hope to find their lost relatives at a mysterious religious community. Reverend Hawthorne: Keenan Wynn. Pioneer Woman: Kay Hawtrey.

EP5 The Whirlwind Voice Nov 18, 1979

Matt, Jenny and Kit help an Indian chief's adopted son search for his real parents. Takomis: Michael Ansara. Cokah: Lewis Dubrofsky. William: Ken James.

EP6 Test for the Tanners Nov 25, 1979

A wilderness survival test becomes reality when Jenny loses her way in the forest and Matt is trapped in an abandoned mine.

EP7 A Call to Arms Dec 02, 1979

On the road, Matt, Jenny and Cardston meet a young homesteader who is about to give birth, and whose husband is a suspected deserter.

EP8 Devil's Gorge Dec 09, 1979

Kit helps a woman search for her husband, who has disappeared in Devil's Gorge.

EP9 The Mast Dec 16, 1979

In search of a tree for a ship's mast. Matt, Jenny and an absent-minded sea captain lose their way in the woods.

EP10 Fiddle Joe and The Devil Himself Dec 23, 1979

Kit, Matt and Jenny help a trapper who fears that his former friend is putting a curse on him for marrying the woman they both courted.

EP11 Ghost of Pocomoonshine Swamp Dec 30, 1979

While Matt and Jenny are on their way to meet Kit, they hear strange, unearthly cries in the swamp. They lose their way while trying to solve the mystery.

EP12 The Teacher Jan 04, 1980

In their further pursuit of the Tanner's relatives, Matt, Jenny and Adam Cardston visit a school-house and are introduced to the schoolteacher. She is overcome by Jenny's interest and intelligence and Mr. Cardston's worldly charms.

EP13 Barnabus Bletcher Jan 11, 1980

Matt and Jenny help a peddler when a pair of hoodlums try to steal his belongings and his performing bear.

EP14 Wolf Howl at Kennebec Cliff Jan 18, 1980

The Tanners and Kit stop at Kennebec Cliff and learn about the trouble a man and his wife have been having with a pack of wolves.

EP15 Ceremony at Whispering Pines Jan 25, 1980

The sound of drums draws Cardston, Matt and Jenny to the site of a secret Indian ceremony. Cardston is intent on helping the Indian tribe in order to cure the chief's son.

EP16 Wilderness Photographer Feb 01, 1980

Kit helps a young woman search for her father, a somewhat absent-minded wildlife photographer.

EP17 Sport of Kings Feb 08, 1980

A boy hopes to clear his father's debts by winning a horse race.

EP18 Skiba the Bear Feb 15, 1980

Matt meets Skiba, the evil bear of Indian legends that no man can kill.

EP19 Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (1) Feb 22, 1980

Jenny and Cardston try to stop a shady book publisher from making off with a writer's latest manuscript.

EP20 Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (2) Feb 29, 1980

Cardston engineers a mock trial to scare a disreputable book publisher into mending his evil ways.

EP21 Frontier Justice Mar 07, 1980

Kit, accused of murdering a slave trader, is to be tried by a "hanging judge".

EP22 A Woman's Place Mar 14, 1980

Kit, Matt and Jenny try to help a women's rights activist escape from a band of angry men out to tar and feather her.

EP23 The Actress Mar 21, 1980

The threat of Matt and Jenny being split up materializes when Matt and Cardston are offered leading roles in a New York play by a beautiful actress (Dina Merrill).

EP24 Mystery of the Pikes Mar 28, 1980

Matt and Jenny are held prisoner by an evil-minded farmer who claims he's seen their relatives.

EP25 The Highlanders Apr 06, 1980

Jenny and Cardston get involved when a young Scottish couple's marriage plans are stymied by the girls father, who refuses to forget an ancient feud between the two families.

EP26 Wagon Train West Apr 13, 1980

Jake Winfield and his daughter Ann are left behind when their wagon is unable to keep up with the wagon train.
7.6| 0h30m| NR| en
Synopsis

Two English children, Matt and Jenny Tanner, and their mother depart for the New World from Bristol, England. During the voyage, their mother dies of typhoid fever. The two children arrive in Canada and begin a search for their uncle Bill Tanner, who arrived before they had. Along the way, they encounter the enigmatic Adam Cardston and woodsman Kit, who join them on their journey westward.

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Reviews

SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.