Captains and the Kings
Captains and the Kings
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Captains and the Kings

8.3 / 10
1976
1 season
8 episodes
Drama

Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Chapter I

    30-09-1976120m

    Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh and his two younger siblings Sean and Mary escape a ship on the harbor of New York. The situation ashore is problematic, jobs are scarce and food equal...

  • Ep 2

    2.Chapter II

    07-10-197660m

    A few years of successful gun running and Joseph Armagh becomes a partner in the oil company of Ed Healey.

  • Ep 3

    3.Chapter III

    14-10-197660m

    Joseph Armagh rejects the love of Elizabeth Healey, learns of the dying Katherine Hennessey's unrequited love, promising to wed her daughter Bernadette before Katherine's jealous h...

  • Ep 4

    4.Chapter IV

    28-10-197660m

    Tensions escalate between the labor unions and the railroad, as Joseph Armagh fathers four children with Bernadette even as he seeks to avenge himself on her father for depriving h...

  • Ep 5

    5.Chapter V

    04-11-197660m

    Joseph Armagh's attempted blackmail of an upstanding senator results in suicide and a lasting curse.

  • Ep 6

    6.Chapter VI

    11-11-197660m

    Rory Armagh romances Marjorie Chisholm while his sister Anne-Marie's relationship with Courtney Wickersham crashes and burns through no fault of their own.

  • Ep 7

    7.Chapter VII

    18-11-197660m

    While his son Rory searches for brother Kevin with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the jungles of Cuba, Joseph Armagh quietly orchestrates the annulment of Rory's marriage to Mar...

  • Ep 8

    8.Chapter VIII

    25-11-1976120m

    Rory Armagh seeks the Democratic nomination for President over Woodrow Wilson, while his father ponders a lifetime without love.

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