Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
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A two-part miniseries tracing the life and career of Oliver North. Part I begins in 1964, when the 21-year-old North survives a serious car accident. The young midshipman struggles to re-enter the Naval Academy, enters the Marine Corps, serves in Vietnam, and moves to Washington to work for the National Security Council, where he rises quickly through its ranks. In Part II, CIA Director William Casey and North develop a close relationship, eventually starting up a covert and illegal operation to continue support to the contras in Nicaragua at a time when such aid was outlawed by Congress, ultimately using profits from a secret arms deal with Iran for the purpose. Eventually a news report in Beirut brings the operation out into the open. Fired by President Reagan, North takes the Fifth Ammendment before a Senate committee and begins work on his legal defense after he is indicted on criminal charges.
Cast
Dante D'andre
Bryan Clark
Colby Kline
Joel Colodner
Maria Claire
Tom Byrd
Arlen Dean Snyder
Miguel Ferrer
Amy Stock-poynton
Alan Haufrect
David Tress
Rob Neukirch
Terry O'quinn
Paul Dooley
Anthony Defonte
John Shearin
David Sage
Donald Craig
Suzanne Snyder
Barnard Hughes
Peter Boyle
Alex Henteloff
Jane Kean
F J O'neil
David Keith
Annette O'toole
Madison Mason
Warren Munson
Scott Kraft
Dwier Brown
Tony Colitti
Joe Dorsey
David Spielberg
Mike Pniewski
Wayne Tippit
Reid Shelton
Michael Wren
Donnie Jeffcoat
Dakin Matthews
Crew
Ben Bradlee
Byron Brandt
Grover Helsley
James G Hirsch
Chuck Lewis
Chuck Lewis
Rodger Maus
Bill Mccaughey
Robert A Papazian
Scott Readwine
Mike Robe
Mike Robe
Richard D Rogers
Arthur B. Rubinstein
Karen P Sharp
Alicia M Tripi
Kees Van Oostrum
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Aired in United States April 30, 1989
Aired in United States May 2, 1989
Estimated budget: $6,000,000
Began shooting January 9, 1989.
Completed shooting March 7, 1989.
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