Centennial (1978)
- Director(s):
- Paul Krasny, Bernard McEveety, (more
- Category:
- Drama, Westerns, Television
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The longest (26-1/2 hours), most expensive ($25 million) and most complicated (four directors, five producers, five cinematographers, almost 100 speaking parts, several hundred extras) project made for television up to that time, Centennial was shown in two- and three-hour installments over a period of four months. An adaptation of James Michener's best-selling novel, it told the story of the settling of the American West by looking at the founding of the fictional town of Centennial, Colorado, from the settling of the area in the late 18th century to the present. Emmy-nominated for film editing and art direction, it boasts of sterling performances from Richard Chamberlain as frontiersman Alexander McKeag, Robert Conrad as the French-Canadian trapper Pasquinel, and a surprisingly powerful performance from former football star Alex Karras as compassionate but iron-willed immigrant farmer Hans Brumbaugh. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 1252 mins
Complete Cast:
- William Atherton - Jim Lloyd
- Richard Chamberlain - Alexander McKeag
- Alex Karras - Hans Brumbaugh
- Michael Ansara - Lame Beaver
- Royce D. Applegate - Mr. Holmes
- James Best - Hank Garvey
- Lynn Borden - Vesta Volkema
- Barry Cahill - Maj. O'Neil
- Karen Carlson - Lisette Mercy
- Annette Charles - Senor Alvarez
- Henry Darrow - Alvarez
- Robert DoQui - Nate Person III
- Damon Douglas - William Savage
- Robert Easton - Maj. George Sibley
- Rene Enriquez - Manolo Marquez
- Dennis Fimple - Buck
- Silvana Gallardo - Serafina Marquez
- Andy Griffith - Prof. Lewis Venor
- Mark Harmon - John McIntosh
- Alex Henteloff - Bradley Finch
- Scott Hylands - Laseter
- David Janssen - Paul Garrett (Narrator)
- Claude Earl Jones - Matt
- Sally Kellerman - Lise Bockweiss
- Les Lannom - Bufe Coker
- Adrienne Larussa - Clemma Zendt
- Geoffrey Lewis - Sheriff Bogardus
- Joaquin Martinez - Col. Salcedo
- Doug McKeon - Philip Wendell
- Sandy McPeak - Soren Sorenson
- Art Metrano - Maurice Cartwright
- Karmin Murcelo - Flor Marquez
- Mark Neely - Martin Zendt
- Richard O'Brien - Judge
- Morgan Paull - Philip Wendell (adult)
- Robert Phalen - Rev. Holly
- Cristina Raines - Lucinda McKeag Zendt
- Lynn Redgrave - Charlotte Buckland
- Clint Ritchie - Messmore Garrett
- Pernell Roberts - Gen. Asher
- Frank S. Salsedo - Sam Lopez
- Eric Server - Young Truinfador
- James J. Sloyan - Spade Larkin
- Julie Sommars - Alice Grebe
- Irene Tedrow - Mother Zendt
- Marshall Thompson - Dennis
- Bill Thurman - Uncle Dick
- Mina Vasquez - Soledad Marquez
- Alan Vint - Beeley Garrett (adult)
- Dennis Weaver - R. J. Poteet
- Morgan Woodward - Gen. Wade
- Stephanie Zimbalist - Elly Zendt
- Richard Crenna - Col. Frank Skimmerhorn
- Carl Franklin - Jim Beckworth
- Steve Shaw - Paul Garrett
- Dennis Dimster - Timmy Grebe
- Sterling Swanson - Hunter
- Morris Jones - 1st Reporter
- Ivan Naranjo - Gray Wolf
- David Yanez - Lame Beaver (age 9)
- Jay W. MacIntosh - Emma Lloyd
- Debi Richter - Rebecca Stolfitz
- Dave Cass - Frank Pettis
- Joella Deffenbaugh - Fat Laura
- Robby Weaver - Gompert
- Maria Yolanda Aguayo - Blue Leaf (child)
- Jim Bridger - Reb Brown
- Bob Davis - Bank Manager
- Byron Gilbert - Elmo Pearce
- Lani Grant - Mrs. Takemoto
- Allan Hunt - Stanford
- James Kisicki - Rev. Fenstermacher
- Ralph Davies Lewis - Tom Ragland
- Rory Dennis MacDonald - Cisco Calender (age 9)
- Gloria McMillan - Clara Brumbaugh
- Rachel Orr - Victoria Grebe
- Maria Potts - Blue Leaf
- Gordon Steel - Donald McPherson
- Deborah Trissell - Miss Keller
- H.P. Evetts - Orvid Pettis
- Raymond Burr - Herman Bockweiss
- Timothy Dalton - Oliver Secombe
- Robert Conrad - Pasquinel
- Phyllis Applegate - Clerk
- Ed Bakey - Floyd Calendar
- William Bogert - William Bellamy
- Bo Brundin - Magnes Volkema
- Rafael Campos - Nacho Gomez
- Barbara Carrera - Clay Basket
- Alex Colon - Truinfador Marquez
- Cliff De Young - John Skimmerhorn
- Burt Douglas - Capt, William Ketchum
- Robert Douglas - Claude Richards
- Dana Elcar - Judge Hart
- Chad Everett - Capt. Maxwell Mercy
- Lou Frizzell - Mr. Norriss
- Sharon Gless - Sidney Andermann
- James Hampton - Defense Atty. Prescott
- Gregory Harrison - Levi Zendt
- Gordon Hurst - Clay
- Richard Jaeckel - Sgt. Lykes
- Claude Jarman, Jr. - Earl Grebe
- Brian Keith - Sheriff Alex Dumire
- Eric Lalich - Jake Calendar
- William Lanteau - Flagg
- Michael Le Clair - Young Jim Lloyd
- A. Martinez - Tranquilino Marquez
- Stephen McHattie - Jacques Pasquinel
- Jim McMullan - Prosecutor
- Julio Medina - Father Gravez
- Greg Mullavey - Mule Canby
- Alan Napier - Lord Venneford
- Lois Nettleton - Maude Wendell
- Gene Otis - Stringer
- John Bennett Perry - Maylon Zendt
- Donald Pleasence - Samuel Purchase
- Nick Ramus - Lost Eagle
- Clive Revill - Finlay Perkins
- Jorge Rivero - Broken Thumb
- Kario Salem - Marcel Pasquinel
- Steve Sandor - Charley Kin
- Steve Shemayne - Pawnee Chief
- Robert Somers - Sergeant
- Gale Sondergaard - Aunt Agatha
- Robert Tessier - Rude Water
- Tiger Thompson - Young Beeley Garrett
- Glynn E. Turman - Nate Person
- Robert Vaughn - Morgan Wendell
- Robert Walden - Dr. Richard Butler
- Leslie Winston - Laura Lou Booker
- Anthony Zerbe - Mervin Wendell
- Alan Caillou - Booth Cilbborn
- Darrell Fetty - Burns
- Merle Haggard - Cisco Calendar
- Jesse Vint - Amos Calendar
- Ray Tracey - Young Lame Beaver
- Steven Andrade - 1st Arapaho
- Duane Loken - 1st Cheyenne
- Stuart Silbar - Col. Hanley
- Chief Dan George - Old Sioux
- Monika Ramirez - Blue Leaf (age 14)
- Van Williams - George
- Michael K. Osborn - Mr. Kellen
- Vincent Roberts - Jacques Pascinel
- Steve Burns - Pvt. James Clark
- Marta Brennan - Mary Sibley
- Joan Carey - Miss Kruger
- Jeremy Duke - Trunifador Marquez
- Michael Goodrow - Ethan Grebe
- Jacques Hampton - Doctor
- John Kings - Englishman
- Tony LaTorre - Marcel (age 7)
- Jaimie MacDonald - Jacques (ages 6-9)
- Barney McFadden - Abel Tanner
- Mari Michener - Janice Welch
- Terry Phillpis - Newscaster
- Steven Rapp - Kurt Brumbaugh
- Takashi - Mr. Takemoto
- Ken Yellow Moon - 2nd Arapaho
- Christopher Lowell - Keefe
- Director(s):
- Paul Krasny, Bernard McEveety, Harry Falk
- Writer(s):
- Jerry Ziegman, John Wilder, Charles Larson
- Producer(s):
- Richard Caffey, Malcolm R. Harding, George E. Crosby
- Categories:
- Drama, Westerns, Television
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