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Book One of the 1976 American mini series adapated from the novel by Irwin Shaw that made Nick Nolte a star. Two strong-willed brothers battle for the attention of their parents and, as World War II ends, begin a 20-year odyssey that will take one to great wealth and power and the other to the brink of destruction. Rudy (Peter Strauss) and Tom (Nick Nolte) Jordache, the sons of an immigrant family, are both fighting to gain the attention of their bitter and disillusioned parents (Edward Asner and Dorothy McGuire).

Rudy is industrious and ambitious while Tom is tough and independent, often resorting to vicious pranks to gain attention. Rudy's childhood sweetheart, Julie Prescott (Susan Blakely) tries to convince him to leave their small town, and when Rudy turns her down, she succumbs to the advances of Teddy Boylan (Robert Reed), the town's wealthy playboy. Tom secretly witnesses the affair and sets a fire, hoping to attract Rudy to the scene. However, Tom's plan goes awry and he is banished by his father from the town and his family...It was "Rich Man, Poor Man," a 12 hour mini-series that everyone stayed home to watch.

The sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," Book Two begins where the finale ended, with Tom's murder and follows Rudy Jordache as he continues his Senate career and attempts to pull together his career, family life, all while trying to honor the memory of his brother. Peter Strauss is superb in the lead role - barely 30, he is playing a man ten to fifteen years older, believably, beautifully - and he is the rock that holds the series together. Susan Sullivan, Gregg Henry, Penny Peyser, and others, offer strong, sterling support. The sequel may be more melodramatic than its predecessor, but it is also more timely: Washington corruption, war profiteering, the disintegration of the family, the increasing obsession with celebrity, the corrupting powers of fame - all of these are important subplots that are deftly portrayed in this terrific series.

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