James A. Michener's Centennial was a TV-(Mini)series of 1 season that ran from 1978 to 1979.
Storyline[]
The story of the evolution of the town Centennial, Colorado, following the paths of dozens of people who come to the area for many reasons: money, freedom, or crime. It also shows the bigoted treatment of the Native Indians by the advancing US colonists. It is topped off with a murder mystery that takes 100 years to solve. - Source: IMDb.com
Main cast[]
Starring[]
- William Atherton (as Jim Lloyd) - 6 episodes
- Raymond Burr (as Herman Bockweiss) - 2 episodes
- Barbara Carrera (as Clay Basket) - 7 episodes
- Richard Chamberlain (as Alexander McKeag) - 6 episodes
- Robert Conrad (as Pasquinel) - 4 episodes
- Richard Crenna (as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn) - 2 episodes
- Timothy Dalton (as Oliver Seccombe) - 7 episodes
- Cliff De Young (as John Skimmerhorn) - 7 episodes
- Chad Everett (as Maxwell Mercy) - 4 episodes
- Sharon Gless (as Sidney Endermann) - 1 episode
- Andy Griffith (as Professor Lewis Vernor) - 1 episode
- Gregory Harrison (as Levi Zendt) - 7 episodes
- David Janssen (as Paul Garrett and Narrator) - 12 episodes
- Alex Karras (as Hans Brumbaugh) - 9 episodes
- Brian Keith (as Sheriff Axel Dumire) - 5 episodes
- Sally Kellerman (as Lise Bockweiss) - 3 episodes
- Stephen McHattie (as Jacques Pasquinel) - 4 episodes
- Lois Nettleton (as Maude Wendell) - 5 episodes
- Donald Pleasence (as Sam Purchas) - 2 episodes
- Cristina Raines (as Lucinda McKeag) - 8 episodes
- Lynn Redgrave (as Charlotte Buckland Seccombe) - 6 episodes
- Robert Vaughn (as Morgan Wendell) - 1 episode
- Dennis Weaver (as R. J. Poteet) - 4 episodes
- Anthony Zerbe (as Mervin Wendell) - 5 episodes
- For the category page 'Centennial characters' click here
Episodes[]
| No. | Name | Air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only the Rocks Live Forever | October 1, 1978 |  |
| 2 | The Yellow Apron | October 8, 1978 |  |
| 3 | The Wagon and the Elephant | October 28, 1978 |  |
| 4 | For as Long as the Waters Flow | November 4, 1978 |   |
| 5 | The Massacre | November 11, 1978 |   |
| 6 | The Longhorns | December 3, 1978 |   |
| 7 | The Shepherds | December 10, 1978 |   |
| 8 | The Storm | January 14, 1979 |   |
| 9 | The Crime | January 21, 1979 |   |
| 10 | The Winds of Fortune | January 28, 1979 |   |
| 11 | The Winds of Death | February 3, 1979 |   |
| 12 | The Scream of Eagles | February 4, 1979 |   |
Special(s)[]
| No. | Name | Air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memories of Centennial | 2008 |   |
External links[]
- Centennial on Wikipedia
- Centennial on IMDb