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Ellis Island

Ellis Island

THE DREAM WAS AMERICA AND THE DOOR TO THE DREAM WAS ELLIS ISLAND.

Nov 11, 1984140minUS
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Synopsis

Ellis Island is a television miniseries broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the CBS television network. The screenplay was co-written by Fred Mustard Stewart, adapted from his 1983 novel of the same title. The series tells the story of several immigrants from the late 1800s until the early 1910s, trying to achieve the American Dream and arriving on Ellis Island, hoping for a better life. Ellis Island highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during World War I, and many of the characters are based on real persons, such as Irving Berlin.

TitleEllis Island
WriterFred Mustard Stewart
DirectorJerry London & Jerry London
Created byFred Mustard Stewart
ProductionsVista Films
NetworkCBS
Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

Jacob Rubinstein
Gregory Paul Martin

Gregory Paul Martin

Marco Santorelli
Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

Rebecca Weiler
Judi Bowker

Judi Bowker

Georgiana "Georgie" O'Donnell
Kate Burton

Kate Burton

Vanessa Ogden
Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood

Madame Levitska
Ann Jillian

Ann Jillian

Nellie Byfield
Lila Kaye

Lila Kaye

Kathleen O'Donnell
Stubby Kaye

Stubby Kaye

Abe Shulman
Alice Krige

Alice Krige

Bridget O'Donnell
Cherie Lunghi

Cherie Lunghi

Una Marbury
Melba Moore

Melba Moore

Flora Mitchum
Milo O’Shea

Milo O’Shea

Casey O'Donnell
Emma Samms

Emma Samms

Violet Weiler
Ben Vereen

Ben Vereen

Roscoe Haines
Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

Maud Charteris
Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Sen. Phipps Ogden
Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

Dr. Carl Travers
Ellis Island
Ellis Island
Ellis Island