I'll Take Manhattan
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Aubrey Woods
Donald Trump
Christopher North
Chris Cattell
Billy Van
Kate Vernon
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Tinselly eight-hour miniseries based on Judith Krantz's best-selling romantic novel of, as the publicity releases heralded, "a young woman's struggle to preserve her father's magazine empire against treachery from within, set against the glamorous, exciting and powerful world of New York magazine publishing."
Valerie Bertinelli is the headstrong young heiress, Barry Bostwick is her ambitious father, Perry King her evil uncle, Jack Scalia the first of her three husbands, and Barbara Barrie and Fritz Weaver her grandparents. British actress Francesca Annis, as Bostwick's wife, here made her American television debut, and Katharine Houghton, Katharine Hepburn's niece who had made a smashing debut with Hepburn, Tracy and Poitier in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and then virtually faded from the movie scene, here makes her television mini-series debut as a society matron and friend of the publishing Ambervilles.
Most critics turned thumbs down on this splashy drama that had two directors (Richard Michaels left in mid production with a heart attack) and two writers -- each taking four hours. The Hollywood Reporter, for instance, felt that "there's more acting in a 20-minute army training film than in this four-night siege."
Cast
Aubrey Woods
Donald Trump
Christopher North
Chris Cattell
Billy Van
Kate Vernon
Doug Davidson
Tim Daly
Paul Hecht
Robert Addie
Valerie Bertinelli
Barry Flatman
Lolita David
David Macilwraith
Rita Fredericks
John Colicos
Robin Ward
Paul Craig
Hillary Wolf
Brett Cullen
Adam Storke
Ken Olin
Louis Guss
Jack Scalia
Georgia Slowe
Barbara Barrie
Jane Kaczmarek
Fritz Weaver
Julianne Moore
Alisan Porter
Walter Gotell
Katharine Houghton
Ted Simonett
Perry King
Sean Mccann
Corinne Bohrer
Chuck Shamata
Eddie Jones
Derek Bowerman
Robert Christie
Francesca Annis
Lucetta Jenison
David Clement
Carl Gillies
Lynne Griffin
Adam Lefevre
Barry Bostwick
Robert Milli
Staci Love
Jennifer Daniel
Crew
Charles C Bennett
John Boxer
James Douglas Brown
Michael Brown
Bruce Carwardine
Ann-marie Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Glen Gauthier
Grace Gilroy
Diana Gould
Patricia Green
Lorenz Hart
Lee Holdridge
Richard Hudolin
Guido Iosia
Stan Kallis
Joanne Kraemer-hickox
Judith Krantz
Steve Krantz
Larry Pizer
Steve Poster
Adam Quarles
Richard Rodgers
Ann Sterling
Larry Wells
Sherman Yellen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States March 1, 1987
Aired in United States March 2, 1987
Aired in United States March 3, 1987
Aired in United States March 4, 1987
Director Dick Michaels became ill during production and was temporarily replaced by Douglas Hickox.
Francesca Annis makes her American television acting debut.
Katharine Houghton, niece of Katharine Hepburn, makes her television miniseries debut.
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