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Title Captains and the kings : an American dynasty / NBC Universal ; producer, Jo Swerling, Jr. ; screenplay by Douglas Heyes, Elinor Karpf and Steven Karpf ; directed by Douglas Heyes and Allen Reisner.

Publication Info. Port Washington, NY : Distributed by Koch Entertainment, [2009]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - TV-DVD  TV DVD CAP Disc 1-3    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  AD DVD CAPTAINS DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
Description 3 videodiscs (494 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital.
Note Title from container.
Cast Richard Jordan, Perry King, Patty Duke Astin, Ray Bolger, Blair Brown, Charles Durning, Henry Fonda, Beverly D'Angelo, Jane Seymour.
Credits Original music, Elmer Bernstein, Dana Karpoff.
Note Based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.
Originally broadcast on NBC as a television mini-series in 1976.
Summary Joseph Armagh is a poor Irish immigrant who is determined to create a better life for his family. He arrives in America in the mid-19th century. Through personal struggle, heartache and perseverance, he becomes one the the wealthest and most powerful men in the country.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Irish Americans -- Drama.
Irish American families -- Drama.
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
Rich people -- United States -- Drama.
Social influence -- Drama.
Genre/Form Historical television programs.
Television mini-series.
Added Author Swerling, Jo, 1931-
Heyes, Douglas, 1919-1993.
Karpf, Elinor.
Karpf, Steven.
Reisner, Allen.
Jordan, Richard, 1937-1993.
King, Perry, 1948-
Duke, Patty, 1946-2016
Bolger, Ray.
Brown, Blair.
Durning, Charles, 1923-2012.
Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982.
D'Angelo, Beverly.
Seymour, Jane, 1951-
Caldwell, Taylor, 1900-1985. Captains and the kings.
NBC Universal Television.
Koch Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN 1417230673
9781417230679
9786312525219
631252521X
Standard No. 741952654896
Music No. KOC-DV-6548 Koch Entertainment
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