Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)

Directed by

Bill Bixby

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1970s miniseries follows two brothers from the 1940s through the 1960s as their lives take opposite paths. One brother finds wealth and success while the other struggles with poverty and personal demons.

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What happens

Rich Man, Poor Man is a 1976 American television miniseries based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw that aired on ABC in one or two-hour episodes mostly on Monday nights over seven weeks, beginning February 1. It was produced by Universal Television and was the second time programming of this nature had been attempted. The first TV miniseries, QB VII, had aired — also on ABC — in 1974. These projects proved to be a critical and ratings success and were the forerunner for similar projects based on literary works, such as Roots and Shōgun. The miniseries stars Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte and Susan Blakely. It spawned the sequel Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, which aired from September 1976 through March 1977. The network repeated the original series Tuesday nights at 9:00pm from May to June 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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