| "The Angry Heart" | |
| Season 6, Episode 13 #128 overall in Series | |
| Series: | Little House on the Prairie |
| Network/Country: | NBC |
| Original air date | December 17, 1979 |
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The Angry Heart |
| Written by | Del Reisman |
| Directed by | William F. Claxton |
| Guest starring: | Timothy Wead, Susan French, Malcolm Atterbury |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous episode: "Crossed Connections" |
Next episode: "The Werewolf of Walnut Grove" |
17 year old Tod Dortmunder is sent to Walnut Grove by his mother. He is to live with his grandparents, who delight in taking him in. But Tod becomes violent and ends up hitting his grandfather.
After a picnic at the Ingalls, Charles' watch goes missing, and it is found out that Tod has stolen it. The grandparents don't know what to do and turn to Charles for help. Charles gets Tod to work for him to pay off the debt, and as Tod is about to leave, Charles gives him a blue shirt as a present, and Tod's reason for his violence is revealed.
Starring[]
- Michael Landon: Charles Ingalls
- Karen Grassle: Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert: Laura Ingalls
- Lindsay Sidney Greenbush: Carrie Ingalls
- Richard Bull as Nels Oleson
- Katherine MacGregor as Harriet Oleson
- Alison Arngrim as Nellie Oleson
- Jonathan Gilbert as Willie Oleson
- Dabbs Greer as Reverend Robert Alden
- Dean Butler as Almanzo Wilder
- Lucy Lee Flippin as Eliza Jane Wilder
- Matthew Laborteaux as Albert Ingalls
Guest Stars[]
- Timothy Wead as Tod Dortmunder
- Susan French as Virginia Davenport
Special Guest Star[]
- Malcolm Atterbury as Brewster Davenport
Co-Starring[]
- Richard Donat as Joe Dortmunder
- Mary Hamill as Edna Dortmunder
- Ricky Segal as Young Tod
Featuring[]
- Gene Dynarski as Jedediah
- John Furlong as Cop
- Clyde A. Harper as Gambler
- Richard Kennedy as Sheriff
- Rod McGaughy: Driver
Uncredited[]
Crew[]
- Executive producer: Michael Landon
- Associate producer: Kent McCray
- Original music: David Rose
- Cinematographer: Ted Voigtlander
- Film editor: Clay Bartels
- Casting: Susan McCray
- Art director: Walter M. Jefferies
- Set decorator: Don Webb
- Hair stylist: Larry Germain
- Makeup artist: Allan Snyder
- Assistant director: Miles S. Middough
- Second assistant director: Reid Rummage
- Property master: Dean Wilson
- Sound effects editor: Vince Gutierrez
- Sound recordist: Frank Meadows
- Sound recordist: M. Curtis Price
- Key grip: Ron Cardarelli
- Camera operator: Kenneth Hunter
- Gaffer: Lon Massey III
- Women's costumer: Richalene Kelsay
- Men's costumer: Mike Termini
- Color consultant: Edward P. Ancona
- Supervising editor: Marvin Coil
- Negative cutter: Kay Suffern
- Music editor: Fred Prior
- Executive story consultant: John T. Dugan
- Developed for television: Blanche Hanalis
- Script supervisor: Erika Wernher
- Production controller: Gary Wohlleben
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