North and South (TV Series)

USA 1985, 561 + 554 + 273 minutes
Dir. Richard T. Heffron
Genres: Television, Drama / Epic, War

Feat. Patrick Swayze, James Read, Kirstie Alley, David Carradine, Lesley-Anne Down, Jim Metzler, Jean Simmons, Johnny Cash, Morgan Fairchild, Robert Guillaume, Hal Holbrook, Elizabeth Taylor, Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum, David Ogden Stiers, Jonathan Frakes, Forest Whitaker

Aroview: Heavyweight Civil War tome starring Patrick Swayze and James Read as young men caught up in the winds of American revolution, conflict and change.

Based on John Jakes' sprawling best-seller, the guest cast is an epic unto itself: notable faces include Elizabeth Taylor, David Carradine, Robert Mitchum, Peter O'Toole, Johnny Cash, James Stewart and Gene Kelly.

Trilogy spans three 'Books': 'North and South', 'Love and War', and 'Heaven and Hell'.