This American soap opera from CBS probed behind the scenes of big business – in this case, the powerful Cardway Corporation (a major metropolitan conglomerate in Southern California) – from the boardroom to the bedroom.
The short-lived series looked at the lives of the highest-level Cardway employees, including president Dan Walling (Mitchell Ryan), vice-president Howell Rutledge (Stephen Elliott), plant manager Tom Dalessio (Paul Lambert), PR head Mark Desmond (Richard Cox) and board member Anderson Gault (William Smithers), along with their families, schemes, affairs and underhanded dealings.
Only 18 episodes were produced and the show originally ran on CBS from 20 September 1976 until 11 February 1977.
Among the regular characters was Yvonne Holland (who turns out to be a former porn star), played by Australian actress Trisha Noble, a former pop star and Bandstandregular (as Patsy Ann Noble).
Dan Walling
Mitchell Ryan Helen Walling
Sharon Acker Brian Walling
Leigh McCloskey Stacey Walling
Wendy Phillips Howell Rutledge
Stephen Elliott Astrid Rutledge
Gwyda Donhowe Pearce Newberry
Byron Morrow Hilary Mason
Madlyn Rhue Anderson Gault
William Smithers Glory Dalessio
Joan Prather Tom Dalessio
Paul Lambert Summer Johnson
Brenda Sykes Mark Desmond
Richard Cox Harry Ragin
Carl Weintraub Marge Newberry
Maxine Stuart David Valerio
Ricardo Montalban Yvonne Holland
Trisha Noble Walter Johnson
Nat Jones
Episodes
The Secret | The Trap | The Porno Ploy | The Serpent’s Tooth | A Day Full of Surprises | People Who Live in Glass Houses | Power Play | Fear of Falling | Who Shall Hall Bring Mercy | The Sounds of Silence | What Are Patterns For? | The Identity Crisis | The Dominant Sex | Kin Less Than Kind | The Woman Inside | The Rules of Seduction | Passionate Journey | Aftermath of a Tragedy
