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    Drama TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    Centennial

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    1 9 7 8 (USA)
    2 x 140 minute episodes
    10 x 90 minute episodes

    This 26-hour, $32 million period drama miniseries from NBC/Universal tracked the evolution of the town of Centennial, Colorado, following the hardy frontiersmen in 1795 and the events that shaped the American West, beginning in Indian-ruled days and making its way to the present day, all topped off with a murder mystery that takes 100 years to solve.

    centennial2Part fiction, part history and part ecology lesson, the series was based on the best-selling novel by James A Michener and starred Robert Conrad as Pasquinel, a French-Canadian trapper – the first white man to come into the area.

    Conrad had not been the first choice for the role.

    The studio wanted Robert Blake, who declined as he had just completed Baretta, and then approached Charles Bronson, who wanted more than the $1 million on offer.

    Richard Chamberlian played his partner, McKeag – a red-bearded Scot who flees to America after killing a Highland lord.

    centennial3Their story occupied the first five hours with Sally Kellerman, Raymond Burr and Barbara Carrera co-starring.

    Subsequent stories starred Chad Everett, Richard Crenna, Brian Keith, Lynn Redgrave, Donald Pleasence, Dennis Weaver and David Janssen.

    The series was filmed on location in Colorado, Ohio and Kentucky, with the cattle drive sequence filmed in Texas.

    Pasquinel
    Robert Conrad
    Alexander McKeag
    Richard Chamberlain
    Lise Bockweiss
    Sally Kellerman
    Clay Basket
    Barbara Carrera
    Lame Beaver
    Michael Ansara
    Narrator
    David Janssen
    Herman Bockweiss
    Raymond Burr
    Major Maxwell Mercy
    Chad Everett
    Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
    Richard Crenna
    Sheriff Axel Dumire
    Brian Keith
    Charlotte Buckland Seccombe
    Lynn Redgrave
    Sam Purchas
    Donald Pleasence
    R.J. Poteet
    Dennis Weaver
    Hans Brumbaugh
    Alex Karrase
    Jim Lloyd
    William Atherton
    Oliver Seccombe
    Timothy Dalton
    Morgan Wendell
    Robert Vaughn
    Sidney Endermann
    Sharon Gless

    Episodes

    Only The Rocks Live Forever | The Yellow Apron | The Wagon and The Elephant | For As Long As The Waters Flow | The Massacre | The Longhorns | The Shepherds | The Storm | The Crime | The Winds of Fortune | The Winds of Death | The Scream of Eagles

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