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Master of the Game

Drama · 1984

Last aired: S1 E3, Episode 3 · 1984-02-21

Based on the novel by Sidney Sheldon, the story spans six generations in the lives of the fictional MacGregor/Blackwell family. Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie McGregor's journey to South Africa to make his fortune in diamonds. The family history is littered with revenge, lust, betrayal, manipulation, and murder.

Cast

Harry Hamlin Anthony "Tony" James Blackwell

David Birney David Blackwell

Dyan Cannon Kate Blackwell

Cliff DeYoung Brad Rogers

Barry Morse Dr. John Harley

Cherie Lunghi Margaret Van der Merwe

Ian Charleson Jamie McGregor

LL Liane Langland Eve Blackwell

LL Liane Langland Alexandra Blackwell

Jean Marsh Mrs. Talley

Johnny Sekka Banda

Maryam d'Abo Dominique Masson

Donald Pleasence Salomon Van der Merwe

Fernando Allende George Mellis

Angharad Rees Marianne Hoffman

David Suchet André d'Usseau

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 1984-02-19 · 180 min Machinations inside an embattled corporate dynasty are chronicled in this miniseries, which begins in colonial South Africa with Jamie McGregor, a fortune-seeking Scotsman teaming with a black nationalist to rob a diamond mine.

E2 Episode 2 1984-02-20 · 180 min 1899-1949. Iron-willed Kate contrives to consolidate her industrial empire, steal a husband, and control the destiny of her son Tony.

E3 Episode 3 1984-02-21 · 180 min The deceptions of a bad seed hoping to inherit the Kruger-Brent fortune are capped by murder.

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