Master of the Game (1984)

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19841 Season6.2

Drama

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Genre: Drama
Origin: US

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If you want to be the winner you have to be... Master of the Game.

Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie McGregor's journey to South Africa to make his fortune in diamonds. The family history is littered with revenge, lust, betrayal, manipulation, and murder.

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Details

Director: Kevin Conner
Writing: Sidney Sheldon
Status: Ended
First aired: Feb 19, 1984
Network: CBS
Studio: CBS Studios

Time to finish

7 hrs

9 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Fernando Allende

George Mellis

Harry Hamlin

Anthony 'Tony' James Blackwell

Dyan Cannon

Katherine 'Kate' Blackwell

Leslie Caron

Solange Dunas

David Suchet

André d'Usseau

Ian Charleson

Jamie MacGregor

Cliff DeYoung

Brad Rogers

Angharad Rees

Marianne Hoffman

Barry Morse

Dr. John Harley

Donald Pleasence

Salomon Van der Merwe

Cherie Lunghi

Margaret Van der Merwe

Jean Marsh

Mrs. Talley

Johnny Sekka

Banda

David Birney

David Blackwell

Nancy Roberts

Dorothy Hollister

SERIES

19841 Season6.2

Drama

TMDB6.2

Votes10

Your rating

Genre: Drama
Origin: US

About

If you want to be the winner you have to be... Master of the Game.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in Germany.

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E1 · Airs Feb 19, 1984 · 48m
Fraud
Jamie McGregor has a dream: He wants to get rich through diamonds. That's why he travels to South Africa to try his luck in Klipdrift. When he meets the dealer Salomon Van der Merwe and his daughter Margaret there, the man agrees to help the aspiring diamond collector. But Salomon turns out to be a fraud
E2 · Airs Feb 19, 1984 · 48m
The Discovery
Jamie and his new friend Banda set out on their own to search for diamonds in the Namib Desert. They can hardly believe their luck when they actually find what they are looking for. Despite their shared success, the friends have to part ways: James, now wealthy, wants to return to Klipdrift alone and take revenge for Salomon's betrayal.
E3 · Airs Feb 19, 1984 · 49m
Growth
Margaret gives birth to Jamie's illegitimate child, and they begin a marriage of convenience for the boy's sake. But Margaret actually loves the father of her child. Meanwhile, workers' dissatisfaction is spreading at Jamie's mines.
E4 · Airs Feb 19, 1984 · 49m
Achievements
After her mother's death, Kate takes over the company Krüger-Brent, Ltd. She becomes a successful businesswoman and marries David Blackwell, the company's vice president. But after the two have their son Tony, the family is struck by a terrible blow of fate.
E5 · Airs Feb 19, 1984 · 49m
The artist
Tony Blackwell, who doesn't want to take over his mother Kate's business, begins studying painting in Paris. Things initially go well for the young man in the metropolis: his works are well received and he gets to know the nude model Dominique. But when he reads a review of his works, everything suddenly changes.
E6 · Airs Feb 19, 1984 · 48m
A perfect plan
Kate's goal is to build a dynasty, whereupon her son Tony marries Marianne, a company subsidiary. When she becomes pregnant with twins, the young man is finally supposed to be happy. But a certain woman always seems to have a hand in things.
E7 · Airs Feb 19, 1984 · 48m
The Twins
While Kate slowly recovers from her son Tony's attempted murder, he cannot withstand the psychological stress; he goes crazy and is sent to a mental institution. His daughters, the twins Eve and Alexandra, are growing up with Kate. The entrepreneur has earmarked Eve as her heir, but she doesn't show her true colors to her grandmother.
E8 · Airs Feb 19, 1984 · 50m
The intruder
Eve meets the Greek George, who quickly turns out to be a fraud. She then decides to send the young man to her twin sister: He should approach Alexandra in order to get her money. But the plan is part of a larger maneuver.
E9 · Airs Feb 19, 1984 · 48m
The inheritance
After the successful reconstruction of Eve's face, she continues to pursue the plan to get rid of Alexandra once and for all in order to become the sole heir to "Krüger-Brent, Ltd". She goes to see psychiatrist Dr. Harley pretends to be her twin sister and makes him believe she is depressed. When this plan doesn't work, George is supposed to kill Alexandra. But once again Eve is one step ahead of everyone.

Details

Director: Kevin Conner
Writing: Sidney Sheldon
Status: Ended
First aired: Feb 19, 1984
Network: CBS
Studio: CBS Studios

Time to finish

7 hrs

9 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Fernando Allende

George Mellis

Harry Hamlin

Anthony 'Tony' James Blackwell

Dyan Cannon

Katherine 'Kate' Blackwell

Leslie Caron

Solange Dunas

David Suchet

André d'Usseau

Ian Charleson

Jamie MacGregor

Cliff DeYoung

Brad Rogers

Angharad Rees

Marianne Hoffman

Barry Morse

Dr. John Harley

Donald Pleasence

Salomon Van der Merwe

Cherie Lunghi

Margaret Van der Merwe

Jean Marsh

Mrs. Talley

Johnny Sekka

Banda

David Birney

David Blackwell

Nancy Roberts

Dorothy Hollister

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