Rich Man, Poor Man (TV miniseries)

Rich Man, Poor Man is an  American  television series, which aired on NBC in 1976. n Netherlands, the series in October and november of 1976 by the   CABLE  broadcast. ==Story[ Edit] == It is based on the Rich man, poor man book by American author Irwin Shaw and describes the history of the immigrant Jordache family from 1945 to the late 1960s. Central stand Rudy and Tom Jordache. Rudy is the rich man, Tom the poor man. Rudy is successful in life. He is a successful businessman and politician and the pride of his family.His brother Tom is the rebel who eventually goes to work as a boxer. Both brothers fall in love with the same woman, the beautiful Julie Prescott. Julie is hopelessly in love with Rudy but marries initially with another. Although both brothers find their way in life are neither happy. Rudy comes on the end to the conclusion that he has far too many compromises to close. Tom is going through a deep valley and eventually met his great opponent, Falconetti, who will be responsible for his death. Although the series is more superficial than the book and much less comprehensive, know the main features of Shaw's novel writer Riesner yet easy to follow. Do come a number of characters far less from the paint or are deleted from the script, as Gretchen Jordache, the sister of Rudy and Tom. ==Production[ Edit] == The series was produced by Universal Television and broadcast by ABC in 12 episodes of 50 minutes. The twelve episodes were broadcast every week on Monday at 10 am. It was the first time that such programming was used and it proved very successful. Not long after the series would get the same programming with Roots . The series got another sequel in the Jericho mile 2 (Rich man, poor man II). ==Division Of Roles<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Peter Strauss – Won
 * Nick Nolte – Tom Jordache
 * Susan Blakely – Julie Prescott
 * Ed Asner – Axel Jordache
 * Dorothy McGuire – Mary Jordache
 * Bill Bixby – Willie Abbott
 * William Smith – Anthony Falconetti