Ellis Island

• Director: Jerry London
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Period Film, Melodrama
• Themes: Immigrant Life
• Release Year: 1983
• Country: UK/US
• Run Time: 327 minutes

Plot

The seven-hour TV miniseries Ellis Island was adapted from a novel by Fred Mustard Stewart. Per its title, the film is a mosaic of subplots involving several European immigrants who passed through New York's Ellis Island before taking up residence in the Big Apple. Most of the characters are based on real people, notably the Irving Berlin-like musician played by Peter Riegert. Co-stars Faye Dunaway, Richard Burton (in his last film role) and Ann Jillian were honored with Emmy nominations. Ironically, this essentially American saga was largely filmed in London. Originally telecast November 11, 13, and 14, 1984, Ellis Island was re-edited and re-telecast in the summer of 1986, just in time for the Statue of Liberty Centennial. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Sydney Arnold - Call Boy; Claire Bloom - Rebecca Weiler; Judi Bowker - Georgiana O'Donnell; John Moulder-Brown - Terry Billings; Mark Burdis - Sean; Jonathan Burn - Al Jolson; Edward Burnham - Seamus; Kate Burton - Vanessa Ogden; Michael Byrne - Dr. Carl Travers; Frances de la Tour - Millie Renfrew; Vernon Dobtcheff - Rachmaninoff; Faye Dunaway - Maud Charteris; Doug Fisher - Harry Epstein; David Gibson - Bridget's Son; Joan Greenwood - Mme. Levitska; Jeff Harding - Young Reporter; Julian Holloway - Flo Ziegfeld; Helen Horton - Miss Pringle; Ann Jillian - Nellie Byfield; Chuck Julian - William Morris; Lila Kaye - Kathleen O'Donnell; Stubby Kaye - Abe Shulman; Alice Krige - Bridget O'Donnell; Douglas Lambert - Richard; Cherie Lunghi - Una Marbury; Greg Martyn - Marco Santorelli; Melba Moore - Flora Mitchum; Christopher Muncke - Travis Crane; Liam Neeson - Kevin Murray; Milo O'Shea - Casey O'Donnell; Sarah Peterson - Laura; Duncan Preston - Pat McCay; Peter Riegert - Jacob Rubinstein; Natasha Richardson - Young Whore; Shane Rimmer - Duffy; Emma Samms - Violet Weiler; Bernice Stegers - Renata; Ian Tyler - Peter; Ben Vereen - Roscoe Haines; Richard Burton - Sen. Phipps Ogden; Bill Hutchinson - Official; Peter Banks - Election Clerk; Richard Aylen - 1st Backer; John Barrard - Guido; Gay Baynes - Ria; Jason Carter - Jamie Barrymore; Michael Harbour - Gene Fairchild; Victor Langley - Yates; James Lister - Dino Frascati; Ted Maynard - 2nd Backer; Robert MacLeod - Marty Sontag; Kenneth Waller - 1st Shepherd; Ellen Blueth - Mrs. Fleming; Billy Enninger - Mark Santorelli; Clark Flanagan - Denny; Stephen Grief - Jesse Lasky; Alan Henderson - Eddy Forbes; Ian Jentle - Ike Ferguson; Leo Kahle - Little Immigrant Boy; Isabelle Lucas - Stella; William Merrow - Hoffemeister; Stephen Lubman - Tutor; The Clark Brothers - Dancers; Gita Denise - Rally Singer; Sean Barry-Weske - Pharmacist; Mark Lewis - Albertini; William Roberts - 2nd Shepherd; Peter Childs - Dan O'Leary

Credit

Jerry London - Director, John Dumas - Editor, Bernard Gribble - Editor, James Galloway - Editor, Gabriel Katzka - Executive Producer, Frank Konigsberg - Executive Producer, John Addison - Composer (Music Score), D. Brayfield - Composer (Music Score), Fred Mustard Stewart - Composer (Music Score), Robert Laing - Production Designer, Ennio Guarnieri - Cinematographer, Jack Hildyard - Cinematographer, Dudley Lovell - Cinematographer, Jerry London - Producer, Nick Gillott - Producer, Ann Jillian - Singer, Melba Moore - Singer, Peter Riegert - Singer, Chris Newman - Screenwriter, Barbara Lane - Costume/Wardrobe, Fred Mustard Stewart - Book Author

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