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Writer:
James Michener (novel)
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Release Date:
1 October 1978 (USA)
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The economic and cultural growth of Colorado spanning two centuries from the mid-1700s to the late-1970s. full summary
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Another 3 wins
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2 nominations
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 30 of 89)| Raymond Burr | ... | Herman Bockweiss (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Barbara Carrera | ... | Clay Basket (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Richard Chamberlain | ... | Alexander McKeag (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Robert Conrad | ... | Pasquinel (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Richard Crenna | ... | Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Chad Everett | ... | Major Maxwell Mercy (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Alex Karras | ... | Hans Brumbaugh (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Brian Keith | ... | Sheriff Axel Dumire (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Sally Kellerman | ... | Lise Bockweiss (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Donald Pleasence | ... | Sam Purchas (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Lynn Redgrave | ... | Charlotte Buckland Seccombe (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Dennis Weaver | ... | R.J. Poteet (12 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Stephen McHattie | ... | Jacques 'Jake' Pasquinel (11 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| William Atherton | ... | Jim Lloyd (10 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Timothy Dalton | ... | Oliver Seccombe (10 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Cliff De Young | ... | John Skimmerhorn (10 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Andy Griffith | ... | Professor Lewis Venor (10 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Gregory Harrison | ... | Levi Zendt (10 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| David Janssen | ... | Narrator / ... (10 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Lois Nettleton | ... | Maude Wendell (10 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Cristina Raines | ... | Lucinda McKeag Zendt (10 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Robert Vaughn | ... | Morgan Wendell (10 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Anthony Zerbe | ... | Mervin Wendell (10 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Jesse Vint | ... | Amos Calendar (6 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Sharon Gless | ... | Sidney Endermann (5 episodes, 1979) | |
| Les Lannom | ... | Bufe Coker (5 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Kario Salem | ... | Marcel 'Mike' Pasquinel (5 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Michael LeClair | ... | Young Jim Lloyd (5 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Glynn Turman | ... | Nate Person (5 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Gloria McMillan | ... | Mrs. Brumbaugh (5 episodes, 1978-1979) |
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1256 min (12 episodes) (excluding commercials)
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Color (Technicolor)
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Anachronisms: During "The Winds of Fortune" episode, Hans Brumbaugh is in his sugar beet field talking to Tranquilino Marquez. In the background, the viewer can see a cornfield that has been irrigated with a central pivot irrigation system. Central pivot irrigation systems did not go on the market until 1952.
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Walter Matthau (#4.7)" (1978)
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I agree with Tia to the extent that the series is wonderfully drawn and realized. Many of the performances are simply perfect(Conrad, Chamberlain, Everett etc.) I find it only second to "Shogun" in the mini-series genre. The development of fictional characters using the reality of events is wonderful. When I watch it, it always reminds me of how much I miss David Jannsen and how good Andy Griffith can be. In my opinion, it is the best thing Robert Conrrrad ever did. It may also be the the best acting I have seen from Barbara Carrera. The continuing downer , however. of epics like this is the complete destruction of the native American's way of life. It was an inevitable event once the settlers started to move west but it never becomes easy to watch. The mind set of people in that era is almost incomprehensible in this day.