Master of the Game
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bill Reimbold
Harry Jones
Barry Morse
Diana Katis
Nancy Roberts
Wladimir Yordanoff
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sidney Sheldon's colorful, best-selling saga of a dynasty that made a fortune in diamonds was the basis of this three-part miniseries spanning over a century, beginning with a young Scotsman (Ian Charleson) going to South Africa to seek his fortune and vowing revenge against the local merchant (Donald Pleasence) who has done him wrong, seducing the latter's sheltered daughter. Their daughter, portrayed from ages 17 to 90 by Dyan Cannon, becomes the driven, power-hungry head of the family's corporate empire that ultimately is nearly torn apart by the twin daughters (Liane Langland) of her weak-willed son (Harry Hamlin).
Filmed on location in Kenya, England, France and New York by two directors, the lavish production returns Leslie Caron (as the family governess) to the television cameras for the first time since "QB VII" (1974) and presents Ian Charleson (Eric Liddell in "Chariots of Fire") in his American TV debut. Composer Allyn Ferguson received an Emmy Award nomination for his score.
Cast
Bill Reimbold
Harry Jones
Barry Morse
Diana Katis
Nancy Roberts
Wladimir Yordanoff
John Serret
Johnny Sekka
Anna Campbell
Lillian Silverstone
James Tillet
Cynthia Tucker
Liane Langland
Phil Brown
Angharad Rees
Annie Lambert
Anna Nygh
Marcus Gilbert
Richard Oldfield
Robert Ardent
Alan Polansky
Ron Flanagan
Clare Mathews
Brian Lee
Cliff De Young
Jean Ainslie
Donald Pleasence
Graham Rowe
Stuart Milligan
John Paul Lopez
Debbie Killingback
David Birney
Leslie Caron
Alison Giddings
Simon Holmes
Maryam D'abo
Dave Atkins
Jeremy Gittins
Andrea Brown
Trevor Martin
Alan Dobie
Jimmy Nail
Glenn Kezer
Clive Geahle
Christopher Muncke
Thomasine Heiner
Louis Zorich
Harry Hamlin
Ed Bishop
Michael Drew
Ken Gray
Petronella Whitefield
Jay Thomas
David Hirsch
William Hope
Bill Bailey
Sharon Holm
Robert Henderson
Mark Rolston
Bill Hutchinson
Helen Horton
Burnell Tucker
Richard Ireson
Antoine Brusset
Norman Chancer
Oliver Pierre
Fernando Allende
Stratford Johns
Richard Piper
Daniel Foley
Lois Butlin
Ian Charleson
Anthony Heaton
Dyan Cannon
Susannah Fellows
Sarah Mathews
Rhoda Lewis
Jean Marsh
Richard Parmentier
Kate Harper
Michell Giddings
Diana Ricardo
Lester Schofield
David Suchet
Roger Kemp
Ewen Solon
Charles Millot
David Gilliam
Jerry Harte
Shane Rimmer
Laurence Lignigres
Cherie Lunghi
Stephen Davies
Kimberly Van Kruan
Dulcie Huston
Morgan Deare
Ralph Michael
Henry Moxon
Alan Shearman
Crew
Brian Ackland-snow
John Blezard
Alvin Boretz
John Coquillon
Mark Croll
Allyn Ferguson
Robin Gregory
Claude Hitchcock
Raymond Hughes
Arthur Ibbetson
Peter James
John Nation
Alan Pattillo
Norman Rosemont
Sidney Sheldon
John Stoll
Ron Taylor
Arthur Wooster
Paul Yurick
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States February 19, 1984
Aired in United States February 20, 1984
Aired in United States February 21, 1984
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