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Series Cast Summary
Kirstie Alley | ... |
Virgilia Hazard
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(6 episodes, 1985)
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Georg Stanford Brown | ... |
Garrison Grady
(6 episodes, 1985)
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David Carradine | ... |
Justin LaMotte
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Philip Casnoff | ... |
Elkanah Bent
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(6 episodes, 1985)
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Lesley-Anne Down | ... |
Madeline Fabray LaMotte
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Genie Francis | ... |
Brett Main
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(6 episodes, 1985)
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Terri Garber | ... |
Ashton Main Huntoon
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(6 episodes, 1985)
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Wendy Kilbourne | ... |
Constance Flynn Hazard
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(6 episodes, 1985)
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Jim Metzler | ... |
James Huntoon
(6 episodes, 1985)
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James Read | ... |
George Hazard
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Lewis Smith | ... |
Charles Main
(6 episodes, 1985)
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John Stockwell | ... |
Billy Hazard
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Patrick Swayze | ... |
Orry Main
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Johnny Cash | ... |
John Brown
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Olivia Cole | ... |
Maum Sally
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Morgan Fairchild | ... |
Burdetta Halloran
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Robert Guillaume | ... |
Frederick Douglass
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Hal Holbrook | ... |
Abraham Lincoln
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Gene Kelly | ... |
Sen. Charles Edwards
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Robert Mitchum | ... |
Patrick Flynn
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Jean Simmons | ... |
Clarissa Main
(6 episodes, 1985)
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David Ogden Stiers | ... |
Congressman Sam Greene
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Inga Swenson | ... |
Maude Hazard
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Elizabeth Taylor | ... |
Madam Conti
(6 episodes, 1985)
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John Anderson | ... |
William Hazard
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Lee Bergere | ... |
Nicholas Fabray
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Jonathan Frakes | ... |
Stanley Hazard
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Wendy Fulton | ... |
Isabel Truscott Hazard
(6 episodes, 1985)
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David Harris | ... |
Priam
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Mitchell Ryan | ... |
Tillet Main
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Forest Whitaker | ... |
Cuffey
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Michael McClendon | ... |
Corporal Owens
(6 episodes, 1985)
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Erica Gimpel | ... |
Semiramis
(4 episodes, 1985)
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William Ostrander | ... |
Forbes LaMotte
(4 episodes, 1985)
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Tony Frank | ... |
Salem Jones
(3 episodes, 1985)
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Alveda King | ... |
Slave
(3 episodes, 1985)
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Walter Barnes | ... |
Benny Haven
(2 episodes, 1985)
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Nikki Creswell | ... |
Young Brett Main
(2 episodes, 1985)
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Chris Douridas | ... |
George McClellan
(2 episodes, 1985)
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Temi Epstein | ... |
Young Ashton Main
(2 episodes, 1985)
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Bill Eudaly | ... |
Tom 'Stonewall' Jackson
(2 episodes, 1985)
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Arthur Gilliard | ... |
Nathaniel
(2 episodes, 1985)
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Tuck Milligan | ... |
Smith Dawkins
(2 episodes, 1985)
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Cody Wilson Hampton | ... |
George Pickett
(2 episodes, 1985)
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Andy Stahl | ... |
Cadet Ned Fisk
(2 episodes, 1985)
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Robert Vaucresson | ... |
Jed
(2 episodes, 1985)
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Patricia Allison | ... |
2nd Abolitionist
(1 episode, 1985)
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David Beauford | ... |
Clarence
(1 episode, 1985)
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William Arvay | ... |
Whitney Smith
(1 episode, 1985)
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Virginia Dale | ... |
3rd Abolitionist
(1 episode, 1985)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1985) (United States) (tv)
- Canale 5 (1986) (Italy) (tv)
- ITV - Independent Television (1986) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- Magyar Televízió (2011) (Hungary) (tv) (re-release) (seasons 1 & 2) (M1)
- NHK-BS2 (1989) (Japan) (tv) (12 parts)
- TV1 (1997) (Estonia) (tv)
- Téva (1997) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Varus Video (Russia) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (book 1)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (book 2)
- Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (complete series)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Ford Motor Company (sponsoring)
- Kellogg's (sponsoring) (Kellogg's All-Bran)
- Varèse Sarabande (soundtrack)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
1842, a special summer day at the huge plantation of Mont Royal. A South Carolinian young man, Orry Main (Patrick Swayze), leaves his rich home for West Point Academy. On his way northwards, in very strange circumstances, he meets two people who will play a decisive role in his life: beautiful lady Madeline Fabray (Leslie-Anne Down), who Orry helps and with whom he falls in love, and a "Yankee", George Hazard (James Read), by whom Orry is helped, and who is also on his way to West Point Academy. From that time, Orry and George are best friends and help each other at every moment, they fight for the U.S. in the Mexican War at Churubusco, where George saves Orry's life. A few years later, the friendship of Orry and George spread to the friendship of their families, the Mains from South Carolina and the Hazards from Pennsylvania. Yet, the love of Orry's life, Madeline gets married to Justin LaMotte (David Carradine), the rich cruel owner of a nearby plantation in South Carolina. Their love cannot be fulfilled, and they only meet in secret. Years pass by and the relations between north and south are not that calm as in the past. Northern abolitionists demand the end of slavery while the south demands secession and separation from the "damn Yankees". Although George and Orry badly want peace between north and south, there is no escape from the inescapable fate. April 12, 1861, and the attack on the northern fortress Fort Sumter done by the southerners means the beginning of war. The two men, who fought together at Churubusco, will have to fight against each other. Friends will have to become enemies. Will war be stronger than peace of mind? Might the storm and noise of canons, rifles and bullets destroy honour, respect and true friendship? Written by Marcin Kukuczka |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | To prepare for the role of George Hazard, James Read spent several weeks at Patrick Swayze's horse ranch, where Swayze taught Read how to ride. See more » |
Goofs | When Orry breaks up Charles's fight at the tavern, Orry's waking cane bends when he hits one of the fighters on the back. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991). See more » |