The Bastard (1978)

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Drama
War
TV Movie

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. (Episodes 1 and 2 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)

Cast

Phillipe Charboneau / Philip Kent
Benjamin Franklin
Solomon Sholto
Paul Revere
Abraham Ware
Dan O'Brien
Lord North
Samuel Adams
Will Campbell
Roger Amberly
Anne Ware
Johnny Malcolm
Narrator (voice)
George Lumden
Dr. Warren
Col. James Barrett
The Marquis de LaFayette
Hosea Sholto
Benjamin Edes
Daisy O'Brien
Dr. Bleeker
Landlord
Jeremy Thaxter
Bishop Francis
British Officer
Auguste Du Pleis
Mister Dawes
British Sgt.
Capt. Rotch
Shopkeeper
Deserter (uncredited)
Capt. Plummer
Capt. Caleb
Marie Charboneau
Lady Amberly

Crew

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