take a bad script and some lousy acting and throw in a politically incorrect morality tale and what do you get . something that be suppose to pass for quality family view . seven alone be the story of a family in the 19th century who travel across america in a wagon train and hop for a new life in oregon . there be seven child ( three boy and three girl and a baby whose sex i be not quite sure of ) hence the title of the film . the story open up with the family live a seemingly normal 19th century life on a farm in the middle of nowhere . eldest son john be a precocious teenager and lazy and good for nothing a his father constantly remind him . we see right off the bat that he have a penchant for practical joke when he tie string to the hair of his sleep sister and connect it to a nearby mule . when the mule be move of course the poor girl be jolt out of bed . john be catch by his father and be immediately punish with a strap . that same day a wagon train pass through . pa be tempt to join up a it promise a new life in the wild and wild west . so the family hitch up their belonging and head off . from the very begin the film seem weak and amateurish . the acting be below grade and a if from one of those film show in school about the pioneer . i can not blame the actor and however and because the line in this film be silly and just too sickeningly sweet and optimistic . i must tell you that i catch this film while flip channel one boring saturday afternoon on a christian television station . not of a religious mind myself and i watch in horror a seven alone offer up moral statement that be not only outdated and but downright offensive . if i be a good christian i would hope that i would have have the good sense to complain to the television station for air such trash . however and because i be a cynical and non believer with a wicked sense of humor and i choose to sit back and laugh myself silly . in one of the opening scene and the role of the father a the stern ruler of the house be establish when he propose the idea of head off for oregon to his wife . her response be a heat over my dead body . we be expect to laugh and i suppose and a the film cut to the next scene with pa and ma smiling a he steer the wagon along through the prairie . oh i suppose even the most staunch feminist would have to admit that this father know best attitude be the norm in those day and and one could argue the need for such dictatorial rule when living condition be difficult and but i somehow get the feeling that this film support that notion and even for today . lovely message come from a christian television station . anyway and thing get bad for the family and and the film moral integrity be far diminish . an indian ( or native american ) robs john a he lay sleep in a field . like a common savage and the indian take john clothes and belonging . thankfully pa and with the help of passerby kit carson and be able to kill the indian and as well a a couple of his delinquent friend . kit carson tell john that his father be a true hero . the family be accompany by the wagon train resident doctor and dr. dutch ( play by aldo ray ) . he share pa sentiment about john and state that he be a useless brat . perhaps so and but he also the best thing about this film . aldo ray doctor be buffoon and who seem unable to tie his own shoe and let alone treat one of the girl for a broken leg . thankfully the young child do not cry when the wagon run over and snap her leg in two and because dr. dutch do not seem to have the appropriate bedside manner . we know the drawback of constantly belittle a child . here a film that promote that behavior . later on pa develop food poisoning and or something and i wasn not pay much attention and and he die . his death bed scene be the stuff great acting be make of . frankly and the man do not even look sick . soon after and ma dy too . the child be leave to fend for themselves . and that when the real adventure begin . slug it through the rapid and encounter more indian ( these one be nice though ) and venture through snowy terrain and these child do it all . and i be leave thinking and what a bunch of garbage . sorry and but there be nothing redeem about this film . this low budget little house on the prairie be a shameful waste of time and an insult to family everywhere . i be surprise that in 1975 and at the tail end of the feminist movement and and at a time when treatment of native american be come into focus and that something like this could actually be make .