Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestAfter 25 years, an ironic twist in the bitter feud between Kane and Abel estranges the financier from his son and the hotelier from his daughter.
Polish immigrant Abel Rosnovski and Boston banker William Lowell Kane are two men born on the same day, and whose lifelong rivalry shapes their empires and families over decades. Their contrasting paths from poverty and wealth lead to a destructive, decades-long feud for power.
Acting
Neill and Strauss devour scenery for 60 years.
Production
Lavish period sets span WWI to post-WWII America.
Writing
Archer's potboiler dialogue hits different in miniseries form.
Creator
Jeffrey Archer
Peter Strauss
Abel Rosnovski
Sam Neill
William Lowell Kane
Ron Silver
Thaddeus Cohen
David Dukes
David Osborne
Fred Gwynne
Davis LeRoy
Thomas Byrd
Richard Kane
Alberta Watson
Zofia Rosnovski
Reed Birney
Matthew Lester
Vyto Ruginis
George Nowak
Jill Eikenberry
Susan Lester
Richard Anderson
Alan Lloyd
Kate McNeil
Florentyna Rosnovski
Veronica Hamel
Kate Kane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Melissa Joan Hart's breakout role at age 9; she later called it 'my serious actor phase.'
The miniseries format was dying when this aired—CBS gambled on Archer's bestseller to revive event television.
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