"North and South, Book II" (1986) TV mini-series

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

4 May 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War | Western

Plot:

The story of two friends and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.

Plot Keywords:

Civil War | Friendship | American Civil War | Family Saga | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Kirstie Alley	...	Virgilia Hazard (6 episodes, 1986)
David Carradine	...	Justin LaMotte (6 episodes, 1986)
Philip Casnoff	...	Elkanah Bent (6 episodes, 1986)
Mary Crosby	...	Isabel Hazard (6 episodes, 1986)
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Madeline LaMotte Main (6 episodes, 1986)
Jonathan Frakes	...	Stanley Hazard (6 episodes, 1986)
Genie Francis	...	Brett Main Hazard (6 episodes, 1986)
Terri Garber	...	Ashton Main Huntoon (6 episodes, 1986)
Wendy Kilbourne	...	Constance Flynn Hazard (6 episodes, 1986)
Kate McNeil	...	Augusta Barclay (6 episodes, 1986)
Jim Metzler	...	James Huntoon (6 episodes, 1986)
James Read	...	George Hazard (6 episodes, 1986)
Lewis Smith	...	Charles Main (6 episodes, 1986)
Parker Stevenson	...	Billy Hazard (6 episodes, 1986)
Patrick Swayze	...	Orry Main (6 episodes, 1986)
Lloyd Bridges	...	Jefferson Davis (6 episodes, 1986)
Olivia de Havilland	...	Mrs. Neal (6 episodes, 1986)
Linda Evans	...	Rose Sinclair (6 episodes, 1986)
Morgan Fairchild	...	Burdetta Halloran (6 episodes, 1986)
Hal Holbrook	...	Abraham Lincoln (6 episodes, 1986)
Lee Horsley	...	Rafe Beaudeen (6 episodes, 1986)
Nancy Marchand	...	Dorothea Dix (6 episodes, 1986)
Wayne Newton	...	Capt. Thomas Turner (6 episodes, 1986)
Jean Simmons	...	Clarissa Main (6 episodes, 1986)
James Stewart	...	Miles Colbert (6 episodes, 1986)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Congressman Sam Greene (6 episodes, 1986)
Inga Swenson	...	Maude Hazard (6 episodes, 1986)
Anthony Zerbe	...	Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (6 episodes, 1986)
Bonnie Bartlett	...	General's Wife (6 episodes, 1986)
Michael Dudikoff	...	Lt. Rudy Bodford (6 episodes, 1986)
Burton Gilliam	...	Cpl. Strock (6 episodes, 1986)
Erica Gimpel	...	Semiramis (6 episodes, 1986)
Clu Gulager	...	Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan (6 episodes, 1986)
Whip Hubley	...	Lt. Stephen Kent (6 episodes, 1986)
William Schallert	...	Gen. Robert E. Lee (6 episodes, 1986)
Forest Whitaker	...	Cuffey (6 episodes, 1986)
Beau Billingslea	...	Ezra (5 episodes, 1986)
John Nixon	...	Washington (5 episodes, 1986)
James Houghton	...	Lt. Ambrose Pell (4 episodes, 1986)
Russell Rarick	...	Tom (4 episodes, 1986)
Tony Frank	...	Salem Jones (3 episodes, 1986)
Kurtwood Smith	...	Col. Hram Berdan (3 episodes, 1986)
Michael Burgess	...	Jim (3 episodes, 1986)
Jeff Williams	...	Boz (3 episodes, 1986)
Michael Champion	...	Detective Haller (2 episodes, 1986)
Bumper Robinson	...	Michael (2 episodes, 1986)
Jack Thibeau	...	Mr. Morgan (2 episodes, 1986)
Lloyd Alan	...	Lt. Roberts (2 episodes, 1986)
Lee Anthony	...	General Scott (2 episodes, 1986)
Jerry Potter	...	Proprietor (2 episodes, 1986)
Dixie K. Wade	...	Mrs. Shoup (2 episodes, 1986)

Also Known As:

Love and War (USA) (subtitle)

Runtime:

USA:570 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Boone Hall Plantation - 1235 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA

Company:

David L. Wolper Productions

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The maps in Lincoln's Cabinet room have Union troops denoted as American flags with 50 stars.

Quotes:

Ashton Main Huntoon: [to Orry about Madelines mother] She was a black whore in New Orleans!

Movie Connections:

Follows "North and South" (1985)

The saga continues--in good form...

NORTH AND SOUTH, BOOK II has to be one of the best TV mini-series ever made about the Civil War. Everything about it is epic, including the battle scenes and the scope of the story which uses the Civil War background in an interesting way. Many real-life personalities are woven into the story of love and friendship during the war--including HAL HOLBROOK, impressive as Abraham Lincoln, and LLOYD BRIDGES as Jefferson Davis.

Once again, the fortunes of the Hazzarads and the Mains is told in interesting vignettes that take shape as the story progresses through the start of the war until the end. Along the way, you'll recognize a lot of famous names, including KIRSTIE ALLEY, in one of her unlikeliest dramatic roles, OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND, David CARRADINE, LESLEY-ANNE DOWN, PARKER STEVENSON, PATRICK SWAYZE, LEE HORSLEY, JEAN SIMMONS and JAMES STEWART. Olivia de Havilland has told an amusing anecdote of how she only accepted the role of Mrs. Neal, the head nurse, when told that she tended to the wounded of both North and South--since the South had already only known her as Melanie, the flower of southern womanhood in GWTW.

Photographed in color, it's exceptionally well filmed with sets and costumes that are above reproach. Aside from the romantic angle, it presents an accurate picture of the Civil War era and is a sort of history lesson as well as a compelling drama.

Well worth viewing and every bit as impressive as Book I.