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7.0/10   109 votes
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Director:
Writers:
John Jakes (novel)
Guerdon Trueblood (writer)
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Release Date:
22 May 1978 (USA) more
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Plot:
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Powdered Wigs, Hoop Skirts, and Not Much More more (5 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Andrew Stevens ... Phillipe Charboneau / Philip Kent
Tom Bosley ... Benjamin Franklin

Kim Cattrall ... Anne Ware

Buddy Ebsen ... Benjamin Edes
Lorne Greene ... Bishop Francis

Olivia Hussey ... Alicia
Cameron Mitchell ... Capt. Plummer
Harry Morgan ... Capt. Caleb
Patricia Neal ... Marie Charboneau
Eleanor Parker ... Lady Amberly

Donald Pleasence ... Solomon Sholto

William Shatner ... Paul Revere
Barry Sullivan ... Abraham Ware
Noah Beery Jr. ... Dan O'Brien
Peter Bonerz ... Girard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Kent Chronicles
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Runtime:
240 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Followed by The Rebels (1979) (TV) more

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Powdered Wigs, Hoop Skirts, and Not Much More, 6 July 2002
4/10
Author: AZINDN from United States

Made for tv production typical for the time, The Bastard cast then hot-babe Andrew Stevens in the title role. With a cast of too many name Hollywood actors, this 18th century costume drama is based on The Kent Chronicles. Although heaving bodices supplied by buxom beauty, Olivia Hussey and chubby-face Kim Cattral of Sex and the City fame provide brief distraction, the story is too shallow and all too predictable. Andrew Stevens, in the lead role gives his standard wooden performance begging one to wonder why a sequel was ever produced.

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