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Captains and the Kings

8.8 / 10 · 4 votes

1976

~1h / ep

1 season

8 episodes

Drama

Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.

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Cast

Richard Jordan

Harvey Jason

Patty Duke

Blair Brown

Robert Vaughn

Perry King

Katherine Crawford

Jane Seymour

Cynthia Sikes

Charles Durning

David Huffman

Terry Kiser

Ep 1
1.Chapter I
30-09-19762h
Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh and his two younger siblings Sean and Mary escape a ship on the harbor of New York. The situation ashore is problematic, jobs are scarce and food equal...
Ep 2
2.Chapter II
07-10-19761h
A few years of successful gun running and Joseph Armagh becomes a partner in the oil company of Ed Healey.
Ep 3
3.Chapter III
14-10-19761h
Joseph Armagh rejects the love of Elizabeth Healey, learns of the dying Katherine Hennessey's unrequited love, promising to wed her daughter Bernadette before Katherine's jealous h...
Ep 4
4.Chapter IV
28-10-19761h
Tensions escalate between the labor unions and the railroad, as Joseph Armagh fathers four children with Bernadette even as he seeks to avenge himself on her father for depriving h...
Ep 5
5.Chapter V
04-11-19761h
Joseph Armagh's attempted blackmail of an upstanding senator results in suicide and a lasting curse.
Ep 6
6.Chapter VI
11-11-19761h
Rory Armagh romances Marjorie Chisholm while his sister Anne-Marie's relationship with Courtney Wickersham crashes and burns through no fault of their own.
Ep 7
7.Chapter VII
18-11-19761h
While his son Rory searches for brother Kevin with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the jungles of Cuba, Joseph Armagh quietly orchestrates the annulment of Rory's marriage to Mar...
Ep 8
8.Chapter VIII
25-11-19762h
Rory Armagh seeks the Democratic nomination for President over Woodrow Wilson, while his father ponders a lifetime without love.

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