The Bastard

The Bastard

240 mins | Drama, War, History, TV Movie | May 22, 1978

Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his father's family and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved in the events leading to the American Revolution. (Episodes 1 and 2 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)

The Bastard

240 mins | Drama, War, History, TV Movie | May 22, 1978

The Bastard
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his father's family and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved in the events leading to the American Revolution. (Episodes 1 and 2 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Universal Television, Operation Prime Time (OPT)
Original title The Bastard
Directors Lee H. Katzin
Writers Cara Trueblood, John Jakes, Guerdon Trueblood

Cast

Andrew Stevens

as Phillipe Charboneau / Philip Kent

Tom Bosley

as Benjamin Franklin

Kim Cattrall

as Anne Ware

Buddy Ebsen

as Benjamin Edes

Lorne Greene

as Bishop Francis

Olivia Hussey

as Alicia

Cameron Mitchell

as Capt. Plummer

Harry Morgan

as Capt. Caleb

Patricia Neal

as Marie Charboneau

Eleanor Parker

as Lady Amberly

Donald Pleasence

as Solomon Sholto

William Shatner

as Paul Revere

Barry Sullivan

as Abraham Ware

Noah Beery Jr.

as Dan O'Brien

Peter Bonerz

as Girard

John Colicos

as Lord North

William Daniels

as Samuel Adams

James Gregory

as Will Campbell

Mark Neely

as Roger Amberly

Keenan Wynn

as Johnny Malcolm

Raymond Burr

as Narrator (voice)

Charles Haid

as George Lumden

Jim Antonio

as Dr. Warren

John de Lancie

as Lt. Stark

James Whitmore Jr.

as Esau Sholto

Russell Johnson

as Col. James Barrett

Ike Eisenmann

as The Marquis de LaFayette

Robert Burke

as Hosea Sholto

Elizabeth Shepherd

as Emma Sholto

Carole Tru Foster

as Daisy O'Brien

Alex Henteloff

as Henry Knox

Sam Chew Jr.

as Major

Alan Napier

as Dr. Bleeker

Monte Landis

as Turly

Peter Elbling

as General

Beege Barkette

as Charlotte

Roger Bowen

as Landlord

George Chandler

as Seadog

Johnny Doran

as Jeremy Thaxter

Claude Earl Jones

as Fat Man

John Mark Robinson

as Dr. Prescott

William Bassett

as British Officer

Damon Douglas

as Auguste Du Pleis

Stephen Furst

as Bertrand

Benjamin Stewart

as Innkeeper

Pamela White

as Polly

Albert Carrier

as Valet

Keith McConnell

as Coachman

Clint Ritchie

as Mister Dawes

Michael Alldredge

as British Sgt.

Richard Peel

as Capt. Rotch

Peggy Rea

as Shopkeeper

James Garrett

as Beggar

Philip Baker Hall

as Shopkeeper

Ian Abercrombie

as Deserter (uncredited)