The Bastard (1978)

Directed by

Lee H. Katzin

Genre

drama, war & politics

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 2 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the years before the American Revolution, a young man discovers he is the illegitimate son of an English nobleman. His search for his father leads him through colonial America where he gets caught up in the growing conflict between the colonies and Britain.

adventuroushistoricdramaticsweepingearnestaction-packedperiod piece

What happens

The Bastard is a historical novel written by John Jakes and originally published in 1974. It is book one in a series known as The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series. The novel mixes fictional characters with historical events or people to tell the story of the United States of America in the time period leading up to the American Revolution. The novel was adapted into a four-hour television film in 1978, also called The Bastard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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