Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~94 min/episode
- Length
- 1 season · 4 episodes
- Status
- Miniseries
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- One season, and then it ends — a story with a last episode, not a habit.
The story
Despite its impressive history and reputation, the international trading company Struan's is in trouble. Overextended by the previous management, new tai-pan Ian Dunross has had to issue public stock to improve the company's financial standing. Even this, however, has not given him the capital he needs. As a result, he is courting a private investor, American billionaire Linc Bartlett. Bartlett decides secretly to back Dunross' arch enemy, Quillian Gornt, who will stop at nothing to destroy Struan's. When Dunross realises that Gornt is suddenly strong enough to ruin the Noble House, he must urgently forge new alliances or reshape ancient ones.
- china
- miniseries
- british colonial
- business tycoon
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Julia Nickson
- Burt Kwouk
- Nancy Kwan
- Khigh Dhiegh
- Lim Kay Tong
- Ping Wu
- Tia Carrere
- Denholm Elliott
- John Houseman
- Gordon Jackson
- Ric Young
- Directed
- Gary Nelson
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 51 ratings
- Network & studio
- NBC, DEG
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
