Rich Man, Poor Man
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Rich Man, Poor Man

Year:
Duration:
60 min (12 episodes)
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
8.5
Awards:
Won 4 Golden Globes. Another 5 wins & 23 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1976-02-01
Cast
Actor
Character
Peter Strauss
Rudy Jordache
Nick Nolte
Tom Jordache
Susan Blakely
Julie Prescott
Dorothy McGuire
Mary Jordache
Tim McIntire
Brad Knight
Ray Milland
Duncan Calderwood
Robert Reed
Teddy Boylan
Bill Bixby
Willie Abbott
Norman Fell
Smitty
Lawrence Pressman
Bill Denton
Helen Craig
Martha (4 episodes, 1976)
Kim Darby
Virginia Calderwood
Murray Hamilton
Sid Gossett
Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Roy Dwyer
Van Johnson
Marsh Goodwin
William Smith
Falconetti
Talia Shire
Teresa Santoro
Edward Asner
Axel Jordache
Dorothy Malone
Irene Goodwin
Dick Sargent
Eddie Heath
Eddie Barth
Papadakis
Craig Stevens
Asher Berg
Nate Esformes
Alsie (2 episodes, 1976)
Jo Ann Harris
Gloria Bartley
Harvey Jason
Pinky (2 episodes, 1976)
Charles Tyner
Matusik
Allen Price
Billy (2 episodes, 1976)
Walter Lott
Mr. McKinley / ... (2 episodes, 1976)
Anthony James
Wayne (2 episodes, 1976)
George Brenlin
Barry (2 episodes, 1976)
Terence Locke
O'Hara (2 episodes, 1976)
W.T. Zacha
Third Mate (2 episodes, 1976)
Bernie Kuby
Postman (2 episodes, 1976)
Mike Evans
Arnold Simms
Eric Friedman
Billy Abbott
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Trivia
In later works the two male leads, Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss, each played a role originated by Gregory Peck. Nolte starred in the Peck role in Cape Fear and Strauss in a TV Movie, The Yearling.
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Nick Nolte said that when he played a young man in the early scenes of the project, he weighed about 160 pounds. When he played a middle aged man in the later scenes, he weighed over 180 pounds.
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The mini-series makes a major plot change from the original novel. In the book, Julie Prescott is a minor character who briefly dates Rudy. Her story is actually that of Gretchen Jordache, Rudy and Tommy's sister, who does not appear at all in the mini-series.
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Goofs
After the fight with Tom Jordache, Falconetti is taken off the ship with his left eye bandaged up. When we see him later he has his right eye covered with the black patch.
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When Tom picks up his son from the military academy, in a long shot he is leaning on his car roof with his right elbow. Switch to a close up and he is not leaning at all. Switch back to the long shot and he is still leaning just as before.
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During Book One, Chapter Nine, Tom Jordache is on a ship in the New York Bay in 1962, in the background you can plainly see the World Trade Center Twin Towers. Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Center were in August, 1966.
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Quotes
Mary Jordache: [to Tom] It takes a lot of pain and love to raise a boy, maybe I gave so much to Rudy, there wasn't enough left over for you.
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Photos from cast
William Bronder
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