Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970) (TV)

Director:

Stan Harris

Writers:

John Aylesworth (writer)
Paul Keyes (writer)

Release Date:

29 November 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | History | Music

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

U.S. President | George Washington | John Adams | Thomas Jefferson

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy.

Cast

John Wayne	...	Himself
Ann-Margret	...	Entertainer at Valley Forge
Lucille Ball	...	Voice of Statue of Liberty
Jack Benny	...	Man who finds silver dollar
Dan Blocker	...	Indian who sells Manhattan
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Frederick Douglass
Glen Campbell	...	Himself
Johnny Cash	...	Himself
Roy Clark	...	Banjo player at Andrew Jackson's inaugural
Bing Crosby	...	Mark Twain
Phyllis Diller	...	Belva A. Lockwood
Lorne Greene	...	George Washington
Celeste Holm	...	Nancy Lincoln
Bob Hope	...	Himself - entertaing troops at Valley Forge
Michael Landon	...	Peter Minuit
Dean Martin	...	Eli Whitney
Ross Martin	...	Alexander Hamilton
Greg Morris	...	Crispus Attucks
David Nelson	...	Union soldier
Ricky Nelson	...	Confederate soldier
Hugh O'Brian	...	Thomas Jefferson
Dan Rowan	...	Orville Wright
Dick Martin	...	Wilbur Wright
William Shatner	...	John Adams
Red Skelton	...	Newspaper printer
Tom Smothers	...	Newspaper printer's assistant
Leslie Uggams	...	Saloon singer
Dennis Weaver	...	Tom Lincoln
Cathy Baker	...	Confederate soldier's wife
Berniece Dalton
Jane Harris
Paul Reid Roman
Lisa Todd	...	Bud, Eli Whitney's 'boy'
Arthur Toten
Ed McMahon	...	Bartender / announcer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Burns	...	Himself
Owen Bush	...	Bit (uncredited)
Edward Faulkner	...	Bit (uncredited)
Harry Hickox	...	Bit (uncredited)
Kay E. Kuter	...	Bit (uncredited)
Forrest Lewis	...	Bit (uncredited)
Orville Sherman	...	Bit (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey	...	Bit (uncredited)
Dan White	...	Bit (uncredited)
Hal Williams	...	Bit (uncredited)

Directed by
Stan Harris

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Aylesworth		writer
Paul Keyes		(writer) (as Paul W. Keyes)

Produced by
William O. Harbach	....	executive producer
Paul Keyes	....	producer (as Paul W. Keyes)
Sam Lovullo	....	associate producer
Nick Vanoff	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Dominic Frontiere

Casting by
Lee Traver

Art Direction by
Eugene McAvoy

Costume Design by
Ed Sunley

Makeup Department
Dave Grayson	....	makeup artist
Charles Nash	....	makeup artist
Yolie Stefanko	....	hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Art Seidel	....	associate director

Art Department
William L. Camden	....	assistant art director (as Bill Camden)
Jim Fox	....	property master

Sound Department
Marshall King	....	audio

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Boatman	....	lighting director

Editorial Department
Jerry Greene	....	tape editor

Music Department
John Beal	....	conductor
Ray Charles	....	special musical material
Dominic Frontiere	....	musical director

Other crew
Francesca Bellini	....	production assistant
Ellen Brown	....	assistant to producer
Carolyn Dyer	....	assistant choreographer
Bob Lally	....	first stage manager
Ken Lamkin	....	technical director
David Menteer	....	stage manager (as Dave Menteer)
Jaime Rogers	....	choreographer
Chuck Slosser	....	researcher

Production Companies

• Batjac Productions
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1970) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Also Known As:

John Wayne's Tribute to America (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Batjac Productions

this is now available on DVD!

This program is now available on professional DVD under the title "John Wayne's Tribute to America". The release date is July 31, 2007 but my copy arrived a few days early.

This video runs approximately 80 minutes. The only extras on the disk are the original sponsor commercials and a clip of JW on "What's My Line?". The picture quality is very good for a 37 year old show - crisp and clear (nothing like the faded, blurred quality of a VHS version I purchased on eBay a few years ago).

This is a production typical of the 60's & 70's musical comedy shows but that's what fun for anyone who regularly tuned in to watch Dean Martin, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, etc. It's hokey and as patriotic as a 4th of July special.

An internet search showed that several major book and/or DVD sellers have it. FYI, I have no connection to the company that put it out - I'm just happy to finally have it!