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ABC NOVEL FOR TELEVISION: ROOTS, EPISODE 2 (TV)

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: January 24, 1977 9:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 1:36:43
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T77:0140
  • GENRE: Docudrama
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Biography; Blacks - History; Docudrama; Slavery; African-American Collection - Drama
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1977
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • David L. Wolper … Executive Producer
  • Stan Margulies … Producer
  • Malcolm Alper … Associate Producer
  • Donald A. Ramsey … Associate Producer
  • John Erman … Director
  • David Greene … Director
  • William Blinn … Developed by, Writer
  • Ernest Kinoy … Writer
  • Alex Haley … Based on the book by
  • Gerald Fried … Music by
  • Edward Asner … Cast, Captain Davies
  • Louis Gossett … Cast, Fiddler
  • Robert Reed … Cast, Dr. William Reynolds
  • Lorne Greene … Cast, John Reynolds
  • Ralph Waite … Cast, Third Mate Slater
  • Ji-Tu Cumbuka … Cast, the Wrestler
  • Lynda Day George … Cast, Mrs. Reynolds
  • Vic Morrow … Cast, Ames
  • Paul Shenar … Cast, Carrington
  • Ren Woods … Cast, Fanta
  • LeVar Burton … Cast, Kunta Kinte
  • Tina Andrews … Cast, Aurelia
  • Ann Weldon … Cast, Mary
  • Joe Turner … Cast, The Singer
  • Fred Covington … Cast, Auctioneer
  • Maurice Hunt … Cast, The Doctor
  • Brooks Clift … Cast, McAlmon
  • Joe Dorsey … Cast, Calvert
  • Bill Gribble … Cast, Seaman Grimes
  • Roosevelt Smith … Cast, James
  • Stan Haze … Cast, Field Singer
  • Cindy Henderson … Cast, Bess
  • Rachel Longacker … Cast, Caroline
  • Betty Cole … Cast, Sassy Woman
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