The Rebels

This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthright to become a Colonial soldier fighting for America's independence, befriending a Southern aristocrat and his earthy buddy to help thwart a plot to assassinate George Washington. (Episodes 3 and 4 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)

1979

History·Drama·War·TV Movie

4h 0min

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Top Billed Cast

Don Johnson
Judson Fletcher
Doug McClure
Eph Tait
Jim Backus
John Hancock
Richard Basehart
Duke of Kentland
Joan Blondell
Mrs. Brumple
Tom Bosley
Benjamin Franklin
Macdonald Carey
Dr. Church
Kim Cattrall
Anne Kent
Rory Calhoun
Breen
John Chappell
Henry Knox
William Daniels
John Adams
Anne Francis
Mrs. Harris
Peter Graves
George Washington
Pamela Hensley
Charlotte Waverly
Gwen Humble
Peggy McLean
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Gen. Howe
Nehemiah Persoff
Baron Von Steuben
William Smith
John Waverly
Warren Stevens
Ambrose Waverly
Kevin Tighe
Thomas Jefferson

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