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North & South: Book 1, North & South

Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 93 min | Drama, History, Romance

1842, Orry Main leaves Mont Royal, the cotton plantation near Charleston (South Carolina) he's heir to, on his way to West Point for two years of officer's training. On the way he stops a runaway carriage, meets and falls in love with ...See more1842, Orry Main leaves Mont Royal, the cotton plantation near Charleston (South Carolina) he's heir to, on his way to West Point for two years of officer's training. On the way he stops a runaway carriage, meets and falls in love with Madeline Fabray, who agrees to write to him. However she is moving from Atlanta with her father, Nicholas Fabray, who needs her to wed his rude neighbor, rich Resolute plantation owner Justin LaMotte. Fighting off scum trying to extort exorbitant porters wages, Orry meets fellow cadet George Hazard, son of a Pennsylvania machines manufacturer. The hazing lives up to its reputation, not in the least due to drill master Elkanah Bent. Georgian drillmaster Bent takes particular pleasure in humbling Ohio cadet Ned Fiske at sword-practice but is humiliatingly defeated by Carolinian Orry. Madeline no longer receives Orry's letters, so she become susceptible to Justin's generous courting. George and Orry decide to share their allowances with Fisk so he must not resign to run his sick dad's farm. Bent is so hell-bent on revenge that even saving his life during a demerit points-chase is cruelly 'rewarded'. Eighteen months later George introduces Orry to his Pennsylvania family, which takes to him, and their iron factory, run by dad William Hazard and eldest son Stanley. George's sister Virgilia is instantly hostile to the slave-holder, yet also attracted. Orry stops overseer Salem Jones happily whipping slave Priam, but father Tillet refuses either to sack the sadist or consider mechanizing, without which the plantation is doing badly. Written by KGF Vissers See less
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Writers
John Jakes (from the novel by) | Douglas Heyes (developed for television by) (written for television by)
Producer
Composer
Cinematographer
Editors
Michael Eliot | Scott C. Eyler (as Scott Eyler)
Production Designer
Archie J. Bacon (as Arch Bacon)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 3, 1985

Release date
Nov 3, 1985 (United States)

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50 cast members
Name Known for
Kirstie Alley
Virgilia Hazard Virgilia Hazard   See fewer
Georg Stanford Brown
Garrison Grady Garrison Grady   See fewer
David Carradine
Justin LaMotte Justin LaMotte   See fewer
Philip Casnoff
Elkanah Bent Elkanah Bent   See fewer
Lesley-Anne Down
Madeline Fabray LaMotte Madeline Fabray LaMotte   See fewer
Genie Francis
Brett Main (credit only) Brett Main (credit only)   See fewer
Terri Garber
Ashton Main (credit only) Ashton Main (credit only)   See fewer
Wendy Kilbourne
Constance Flynn (credit only) Constance Flynn (credit only)   See fewer
Jim Metzler
James Huntoon (credit only) James Huntoon (credit only)   See fewer
James Read
George Hazard George Hazard   See fewer
Lewis Smith
Charles Main (credit only) Charles Main (credit only)   See fewer
John Stockwell
Billy Hazard (credit only) Billy Hazard (credit only)   See fewer
Patrick Swayze
Orry Main Orry Main   See fewer
Johnny Cash
John Brown (credit only) John Brown (credit only)   See fewer
Olivia Cole
Maum Sally Maum Sally   See fewer
Morgan Fairchild
Burdetta Halloran (credit only) Burdetta Halloran (credit only)   See fewer
Robert Guillaume
Frederick Douglass (credit only) Frederick Douglass (credit only)   See fewer
Hal Holbrook
Abraham Lincoln (credit only) Abraham Lincoln (credit only)   See fewer
Gene Kelly
Sen. Charles Edwards (credit only) Sen. Charles Edwards (credit only)   See fewer
Robert Mitchum
Patrick Flynn (credit only) Patrick Flynn (credit only)   See fewer
Jean Simmons
Clarissa Main Clarissa Main   See fewer
David Ogden Stiers
Congressman Sam Greene (credit only) Congressman Sam Greene (credit only)   See fewer
Inga Swenson
Maude Hazard Maude Hazard   See fewer
Elizabeth Taylor
Madam Conti (credit only) Madam Conti (credit only)   See fewer
John Anderson
William Hazard William Hazard   See fewer
Lee Bergere
Nicholas Fabray Nicholas Fabray   See fewer
Jonathan Frakes
Stanley Hazard Stanley Hazard   See fewer
Wendy Fulton
Isabel Truscott Hazard Isabel Truscott Hazard   See fewer
Mitchell Ryan
Tillet Main Tillet Main   See fewer
Tony Frank
Salem Jones Salem Jones   See fewer
Erica Gimpel
Semiramis Semiramis   See fewer
Walter Barnes
Benny Haven Benny Haven   See fewer
Nikki Creswell
Young Brett Main Young Brett Main   See fewer
Chris Douridas
George McClellan George McClellan   See fewer
Temi Epstein
Young Ashton Main (as Temi Le Anne Epstein) Young Ashton Main (as Temi Le Anne Epstein)   See fewer
Bill Eudaly
Tom 'Stonewall' Jackson (as William Preston EuDaly) Tom 'Stonewall' Jackson (as William Preston EuDaly)   See fewer
Arthur Gilliard
Nathaniel Nathaniel   See fewer
Cary Guffey
Young Billy Hazard Young Billy Hazard   See fewer
Cody Wilson Hampton
George Pickett (as Cody W. Hampton) George Pickett (as Cody W. Hampton)   See fewer
Barton Heyman
West Point Instructor West Point Instructor   See fewer
Mark Moses
Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant   See fewer
Andy Stahl
Cadet Ned Fisk (as Andrew Stahl) Cadet Ned Fisk (as Andrew Stahl)   See fewer
Michael McClendon
Corporal Owens Corporal Owens   See fewer
Vince Deadrick Sr.
Greyhaired Fighting Man at Station (uncredited) Greyhaired Fighting Man at Station (uncredited)   See fewer
Bob Hoy
Fighting Man at Station (uncredited) Fighting Man at Station (uncredited)   See fewer
Fred Lerner
Fighting Man with Cap at Station (uncredited) Fighting Man with Cap at Station (uncredited)   See fewer
Walter Robles
Fighting Man at Station (uncredited) Fighting Man at Station (uncredited)   See fewer
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