Manions of America
Manions of America | |
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Created by | Agnes Nixon |
Screenplay by | Rosemary Anne Sisson |
Story by | Agnes Nixon and Rosemary Anne Sisson |
Directed by | Joseph Sargent Charles S. Dubin |
Starring | Pierce Brosnan Kate Mulgrew Steve Forrest |
Composer | Morton Stevens |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Roger Gimbel Tony Converse |
Cinematography | Hector Figuera |
Editor | Michael Brown |
Running time | 4h50m |
Production companies | Roger Gimbel Productions EMI Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 30 (1981-09-30) – October 2, 1981 (1981-10-02) |
The Manions of America is a six-hour miniseries for American television made in 1981. The subject of the series were Irish immigrants to the United States during the Great Famine of the mid-19th century. It was directed by Joseph Sargent and created by Agnes Nixon, creator of the now-defunct All My Children, a hit daytime TV soap opera that aired on the ABC television network for over 40 years. British dramatist Rosemary Anne Sisson joined Nixon as co-writer.
Manions was the first American role for actor Pierce Brosnan and co-starred Kate Mulgrew, David Soul, Linda Purl, and young up-and-comer Martin O'Neill (who played a kid with a tin whistle). Actor Steve Forrest (younger brother of 1940s movie star Dana Andrews) played a Philadelphia powder mill owner called Kent and uncle of Kate Mulgrew's character Rachel, who begrudgingly hires Rachel's lover and future husband played by Pierce Brosnan.
Plot
Cast
- Kathleen Beller as Maureen O'Brian
- Pierce Brosnan as Rory O'Manion
- Steve Forrest as James Kent
- Peter Gilmore as Jim O'Brien
- Linda Purl as Deirdre O'Manion
- Nicholas Hammond as Padric O'Manion / Sean O'Manion
- Simon MacCorkindale as David Clement
- Kate Mulgrew as Rachel Clement
- Anthony Quayle as Lord Montgomery
- Barbara Parkins as Charlotte Kent
- Simon Rouse as Eamon
- David Soul as Caleb Staunton
External links
- Manions of America at IMDb
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