The Quest, a 15-episode Western television series which aired on NBC beginning September 22, 1976, starred Kurt Russell and Tim Matheson as brothers Morgan and Quentin Bodine, respectively, who are seeking the whereabouts of their long-lost sister, Patricia, being held by the Cheyenne. Morgan, known as "Two Persons", was a captive of the Cheyenne for eight years until he was freed by the United States Army. In the story, Quentin is a young physic...
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The Quest, a 15-episode Western television series which aired on NBC beginning September 22, 1976, starred Kurt Russell and Tim Matheson as brothers Morgan and Quentin Bodine, respectively, who are seeking the whereabouts of their long-lost sister, Patricia, being held by the Cheyenne. Morgan, known as "Two Persons", was a captive of the Cheyenne for eight years until he was freed by the United States Army. In the story, Quentin is a young physician from San Francisco. The pair crosses thousands of miles across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains in search of Patricia; hence, the title The Quest. Much of the filming was in Arizona. It is unknown if the two found their sister, as the program was quickly cancelled. A few of the episodes never aired. There was also a two-hour introductory television movie.
Westerns lost favor with the networks by the middle 1970s, as NBC's Bonanza and CBS's Gunsmoke folded within two years of each other. The short-lived The Quest was nominated for a...
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