The Bastard is a 1978 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television drama film based on the 1974 historical novel, The Bastard, written by John Jakes. It is the first story in a series known as The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series. The novel mixes fictional characters with historical events or people, to tell the story of the United States of America in the time period leading up to the American Revolution. The novel was adapted into this four-hour television film in May 1978.
The movie was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1979 for Best Motion Picture Made for TV, with two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Special and Outstanding Art Direction for a Dramatic Special.
The Bastard was followed by The Rebels, second in the series, and then The Seekers, third in the series.
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
Andrew Stevens — Philippe Charbonneau/Philip Kent
Tom Bosley — Benjamin Franklin
Kim Cattrall — Anne Ware
Buddy Ebsen — Benjamin Edes
Lorne Greene — Bishop Francis
Olivia Hussey — Alicia
Cameron Mitchell — Capt. Plummer
Harry Morgan — Capt. Caleb
Patricia Neal — Marie Charboneau
Eleanor Parker — Lady Amberly
Donald Pleasence — Solomon Sholto
William Shatner — Paul Revere
John de Lancie - Lt. Stark
Barry Sullivan — Abraham Ware
Noah Beery Jr. — Dan O'Brien
Peter Bonerz - Girard
John Colicos - Lord North
William Daniels - Samuel Adams
Stephen Furst - Bertrand
James Gregory - Will Campbell
Alan Napier - Dr. Bleeker
Russell Johnson - Col. James Barrett
Keenan Wynn - Johnny Malcolm
James Whitmore Jr. - Esau Sholto
Alex Henteloff - Henry Knox
Ike Eisenmann - Marquis de Lafayette
Raymond Burr — Narrator (voice)