Biography of the 1961-1963 Presidency of John F. Kennedy with Martin Sheen and Blair Brown. Covers the momentous presidential years and the lives, loves, and triumphs of one of the most controversial families of the twentieth-century.
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Series Cast Summary
John Shea | ... |
Robert F. Kennedy
(7 episodes, 1983)
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E.G. Marshall | ... |
Joseph P. Kennedy
(7 episodes, 1983)
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Geraldine Fitzgerald | ... |
Rose Kennedy
(7 episodes, 1983)
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Andrew Rayden | ... |
John F. Kennedy Jr.
(7 episodes, 1983)
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Kevin Conroy | ... |
Ted Kennedy
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Charles Brown | ... |
Martin Luther King Jr.
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Nesbitt Blaisdell | ... |
Lyndon B. Johnson
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Peter Boyden | ... |
Pierre Salinger
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Kent Broadhurst | ... |
Richard Paul Pavlick
(5 episodes, 1983)
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James Burge | ... |
Peter Lawford
(5 episodes, 1983)
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William Cain | ... |
Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Joanne Camp | ... |
Eunice Shriver
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Veronica Castang | ... |
Evelyn Lincoln
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Frances Conroy | ... |
Jean Smith
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Al Conti | ... |
Sargent Shriver
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Jessica Ann Durr | ... |
Caroline Kennedy
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Hannah Fallon | ... |
Caroline Kennedy
(5 episodes, 1983)
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David Faulkner | ... |
Lou Harris
(5 episodes, 1983)
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William Gibberson | ... |
Douglas Dillon
(5 episodes, 1983)
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John Glover | ... |
William Walton
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Kelsey Grammer | ... |
Stephen Smith
(5 episodes, 1983)
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George Hamlin | ... |
Allen Dulles
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Peggy Hewett | ... |
Letitia Baldridge
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Ed Kemmer | ... |
Adm. Burke
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Laurie Kennedy | ... |
Pat Lawford
(5 episodes, 1983)
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David Leary | ... |
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Lin-Lin Li | ... |
Ann Gargan
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Johanna Leister | ... |
Elizabeth Pozen
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Joe Lowry | ... |
David Powers
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Barbara Lyndon | ... |
Rita Dallas
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Don MacLaughlin | ... |
Chief Justice Earl Warren
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Wendy Marlowe | ... |
Girl Worker
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Robert Dale Martin | ... |
Willliam Fulbright
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Carmen Mathews | ... |
Mamie Eisenhover
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Tanny McDonald | ... |
Lady Bird Johnson
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Kit Miller | ... |
Mary Denise
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Diana Lynn Moltrup | ... |
Caroline's Friend
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Wendy Jane Moltrup | ... |
Caroline's Friend
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Ellen Parker | ... |
Ethel Kennedy
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Remak Ramsay | ... |
Richard Bissell
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Rex Robbins | ... |
Theodore Sorenson
(5 episodes, 1983)
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David Schramm | ... |
Robert McNamara
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Janet Sheen | ... |
Elaine de Kooning
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Albert Stratton | ... |
McGeorge Bundy
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Ed Van Nuys | ... |
Dean Rusk
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Sharon Watroba | ... |
Joan Kennedy
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Trey Wilson | ... |
Kenneth O'Donnell
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Betsy Ames | ... |
Secretary
(5 episodes, 1983)
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John Blood | ... |
Newsman
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Stuart Burney | ... |
Inspector Peterson
(5 episodes, 1983)
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Production Companies
- Alan Landsburg Productions (in association with)
- Central Independent Television
Distributors
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1983) (United States) (tv)
- DVD International (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- Lance Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Columbia Music Entertainment (1989) (Japan) (VHS)
- Elephant Films (2008) (France)
- ITV - Independent Television (1983) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- ITV Studios Global Entertainment (2004) (World-wide)
- Koch Vision (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- NHK-BS2 (1992) (Japan) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Starmaker Entertainment (1989) (United States) (VHS)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Central Casting (extras casting)
- District of Columbia Office of Motion Picture and TV Development (special thanks)
- Location Lights (equipment)
- Massachusetts Film Bureau (special thanks)
- Movielab (color)
- New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development (special thanks)
- Panavision (lenses and Panaflex camera)
- Rank Film Laboratories (printing)
- The Florida Motion Picture and Television Bureau (special thanks)
- The National Park Service (special thanks)
- The New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting (special thanks)
- Transfermation (sound transfer)
- Virginia Film Office (special thanks)
Storyline
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This Landmark miniseries centers and covers historic events that include the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the escalation of America's involvement in Vietnam and the violent racial turmoil in the USA. it also explorers the private life of Kennedy, his chronic womanizing, the tragic death of his infant son and the scrutinization by the FBI under the leadership of the obsessive J. Edgar Hoover. |
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Taglines | The whole story about the man and his family. See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | First aired on NBC on Sunday, November 20, 1983, at the same time that ABC was broadcasting The Day After (1983). See more » |
Goofs | The helicopter shown right before the scene with the baby Patrick is a Bell Jet Ranger. They did not exist in the Military until the Johnson Administration. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in All American High (1986). See more » |