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Rough Riders is a 1997 television miniseries directed and co-written by John Milius about future President Theodore Roosevelt and the regiment known as the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry; a.k.a. the Rough Riders. The series prominently shows the bravery of the volunteers at the Battle of San Juan Hill, part of the Spanish–American War of 1898. It was released on DVD in 2006. The series originally aired on TNT with a four-hour running time, including commercials, over two consecutive nights during July 1997.
Original Release
07/20/1997 on TNT
US Release
07/20/1997
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom Berenger | Theodore Roosevelt |
Sam Elliott | Capt. Bucky O'Neil |
Gary Busey | Gen. Joseph Wheeler |
Brad Johnson | Henry Nash |
Dale Dye | Col. Leonard Wood |
Brian Keith | President William McKinley |
George Hamilton | William Randolph Hearst |
R. Lee Ermey | Secretary of State John Hay |
Nick Chinlund | Frederick Remington |
Chris Noth | Craig Wadsworth |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode #1.1 | |
2 | Episode #1.2 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom Berenger | Theodore Roosevelt |
Sam Elliott | Capt. Bucky O'Neil |
Gary Busey | Gen. Joseph Wheeler |
Brad Johnson | Henry Nash |
Dale Dye | Col. Leonard Wood |
Brian Keith | President William McKinley |
George Hamilton | William Randolph Hearst |
R. Lee Ermey | Secretary of State John Hay |
Nick Chinlund | Frederick Remington |
Chris Noth | Craig Wadsworth |
Holt McCallany | Sgt. Hamilton Fish |
James Parks | William Tiffany |
Dakin Matthews | Wadsworth, Sr. |
Mark Moses | Lt. Woodbury Kane |
William Katt | Edward Marshall |
Francesco Quinn | Sgt. Rafael Castillo |
Adam Storke | Stephen Crane - Writer / Stephen Crane, writer |
Geoffrey Lewis | Eli |
Titus Welliver | B.F. Goodrich |
Diana Jorge | Mademoiselle Adler |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Larry Levinson | Executive Producer |
Robert Katz | Executive Producer |
Moctesuma Esparza | Executive Producer |
William J. MacDonald | Executive Producer |
Frank Q. Dobbs | Producer |
Allan A. Apone | Producer |
Kristine Harlan | Producer |
Tom Berenger | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1998 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Won |