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Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

1976–1977 · 1 season

A slow-burning, tense family saga of ambition and revenge, with a brooding, serious tone and occasional melodramatic flourishes.

Created by
Irwin Shaw
Genres
Drama
Starring
Peter Strauss, Gregg Henry, James Carroll Jordan
Overview
Weekly series spun off from the miniseries.

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Created by
Irwin Shaw
Genres
Drama
Starring
Peter Strauss, Gregg Henry, James Carroll Jordan
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • revenge
  • family
  • ambition
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Irwin Shaw
Written by
Robert Presnell Jr., Ann Beckett, Millard Lampell, Michael Gleason
Starring
Peter Strauss, Gregg Henry, James Carroll Jordan, Peter Haskell, Susan Sullivan, William Smith, Penny Peyser, Dimitra Arliss
Length
1 seasons, 22 episodes
Network
ABC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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