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Rich Man, Poor Man

1976ABCDrama

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The miniseries that invented the form for American networks, from the Irwin Shaw novel.

One opening sequence is catalogued for Rich Man, Poor Man, covering season 1.

It arrived on ABC in 1976, when One Life to Live, All My Children and The Bugs Bunny Show were also on the network.

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The opening titles

Season 1

No usable clip kept. The available upload is Alex North's main title music posted as a music release rather than the sequence.

No footage of this sequence has been found yet.

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