The Bastard (1978)

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.

The Bastard

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as Phillipe Charboneau / Philip Kent

as Benjamin Franklin

as Benjamin Edes

as Bishop Francis

Cameron Mitchell

Cameron Mitchell

as Capt. Plummer

as Marie Charboneau

as Lady Amberly

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

as Solomon Sholto

William Shatner

William Shatner

as Abraham Ware

William Daniels

William Daniels

as Samuel Adams

as Will Campbell

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

as Roger Amberly

as Johnny Malcolm

as Narrator (voice)

as George Lumden

James Whitmore Jr.

James Whitmore Jr.

Russell Johnson

Russell Johnson

as Col. James Barrett

as The Marquis de LaFayette

as Hosea Sholto

Elizabeth Shepherd

Elizabeth Shepherd

Carole Tru Foster

Carole Tru Foster

as Daisy O'Brien

George Chandler

George Chandler

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Season 1

Season 1

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