Season 1
240 min
S1 · E1 · Feb 12, 1978
Episode 1 Episode 1
240 min
S1 · E2 · Feb 13, 1978
Episode 2 Episode 2
240 min
S1 · E3 · Feb 14, 1978
Episode 3 Episode 3
3 episodes in Season 1
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The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister in the South of the 1950s until his assassination in Memphis in 1968.
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Cast
27 people
Paul Winfield
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Terminator
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Cicely Tyson
Coretta Scott King
Known for
The Help
Fried Green Tomatoes
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
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Roscoe Lee Browne
Philip Harrison
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Lonny Chapman
Chief Frank Holloman
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Ossie Davis
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Known for
Doctor Dolittle
Do the Right Thing
Cliff DeYoung
Robert F. Kennedy
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The Tommyknockers
Wild
Al Freeman Jr.
Damon Lockwood
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Malcolm X
The Detective
Clu Gulager
William Sullivan
Known for
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Steven Hill
Stanley Levison
Known for
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The Firm
William Jordan
John F. Kennedy
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Warren J. Kemmerling
Lyndon Johnson
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Family Plot
Abby Mann Creator · Edward S. Feldman Executive producer Billy Goldenberg Composer
Total runtime 6h 0m · Episode length 120 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
February 12, 1978
Final episode
February 14, 1978
Status
Ended
Network
NBC
Country
United States
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
120 min
Total runtime
6h 0m
Original language
English
Production
Abby Mann Productions
Production
Filmways Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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