Captains and the Kings (1976)
- Directed by
- Douglas Heyes
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 8 episodes
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 8.8 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The series follows an Irish immigrant named Joseph Armagh as he builds a fortune and political influence for his family in America over several decades. It focuses on his relentless climb and the personal costs to his family.
ambitiousperiodsprawlingdramaticintensefamily-sagamelodramaticpolitical
What happens
Captains and the Kings is an eight-part television miniseries broadcast on NBC in 1976 as part of its Best Sellers anthology series. It is an adaptation of the 1972 novel Captains and the Kings by Taylor Caldwell. Like the novel, the miniseries is about an Irish American family, headed by ambitious Irish immigrant Joseph Armagh (played by Richard Jordan), which accumulates economic and political power during the 19th and early 20th centuries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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