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Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)

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More ambitious and expensive than ABC's first "novel for television" miniseries QB VII, the eight-episode, 12-hour Rich Man, Poor Man was the one that truly put the genre on the map, its phenomenal success in the ratings making possible the even more spectacular Roots. Adapted from the mammoth novel by Irwin Shaw, the miniseries covers the years from WWII to the 1960s, detailing the vacillating fortunes of the immigrant Jordache brothers. "Rich Man" Rudy Jordache (Peter Strauss) is determined to

Unrated, 9 hr. 40 min.

Drama, Television

Directed By: Bill Bixby , Boris Sagal

On DVD: Sep 28, 2010

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Cast

Peter Strauss
Rudy Jordache
Nick Nolte
Tom Jordache
Susan Blakely
Julie Prescott
Steve Allen
Bayard Nichols
Edward Asner
Axel Jordache
Bill Bixby
Willie Abbott
Dick Butkus
Al Fanducci
Kim Darby
Virginia Calderwood
Andrew Duggan
Col. Deiner
Mike Evans
Arnold Simms
Norman Fell
Smitty
Fionnula Flanagan
Clothilde
Lynda Day George
Linda Quales
Gloria Grahame
Sue Prescott
Murray Hamilton
Sid Gossett
Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Roy Dwyer
Van Johnson
Marsh Goodwin
Kay Lenz
Kate
George Maharis
Joey Quales
Dorothy Malone
Irene Goodwin
Dorothy McGuire
Mary Jordache
Tim McIntire
Brad Knight
Ray Milland
Duncan Calderwood
Lawrence Pressman
Bill Denton
Robert Reed
Teddy Boylan
Dick Sargent
Richards
Talia Shire
Teresa Santoro
William Smith
Falconetti
Craig Stevens
Asher Berg
Nicholas Hammond
Walters
Dennis Dugan
Claude Tinker
Mike Baird
Buddy Westerlake
Frank Aletter
Mr. Tinker
Josette Banzet
Miss Lenaut
John Furlong
Dr. Tinker
Ashlyn Martin
Martin
Bo Brundin
Harold Jordache
Julius Harris
Augie
Ben Archibek
Jay Ledbetter
Jo Ann Harris
Gloria Bartley
William Bronder
Theatre Manager
Anthony Carbone
Lou Martin
Roy Jenson
Pete Tierney
Ed Barth
Papadakis
Harvey Jason
Pinky
Helen Craig
Martha
Gavan O'Herlihy
Phil McGee
Leigh McCloskey
Billy
Michael Morgan
Wesley Jordache
Gregg Henry
James Carroll Jordan

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