The Young Country is a 1970 American Western television film written and directed by Roy Huggins, creator of TV's Maverick. Made as a pilot for a potential series, The Young Country was about con artists in the Old West. TV Guide describes The Young Country as a lighthearted Western, where a footloose young gambler is searching for the owner of a mysterious fortune. Stephen Foster Moody (Roger Davis of TV's Dark Shadows) a serious student of gambling, takes a personal oath to spend the rest of his life avoiding hard liquor and hard work after doing hitches in both the Union and Confederate armies. Aarom Grimes (Wally Cox) is a thief who robs a bank. They and other various interested parties set about finding the said mysterious fortune. The Young Country was rejected as a series by ABC; however, they broadcast it as an ABC Movie of the Week.