TV3 screened this N.B.C. US$5 million mini-series which shot for 10 weeks in New Zealand during 1988, followed by an additional 10 weeks in the United States and Asia.
Directed by Marvin Chomsky of “Roots” fame, the series stared Peter Strauss, Robert Mitchum, Carroll O’Connor, Connie Sellecca and David Morse, along a supporting cast that included some kiwis:
Rhys McConnochie
Nick Enright
Martyn Sanderson
Frank Whitten
Robert Taylor
Brett Williams
Michael Vendrell
Ken Blackburn
Bill Johnson
Chic Littlewood
Bob Gould
Peter Morgan
Alan Farquahar
Ernie Stanley
Norman Forsey
Ian Harrop
Stig Eldred
Sasi Smillie
David Cole
Phil Gordon
The spy thriller was written by David Morell ("First Blood,”),
Plot
They were raised as brothers, trained as killers - now facing the greatest challenge of their lives...Saul (PETER STRAUSS) and Chris (DAVID MORSE) were inseparable orphans when John Eliot (ROBERT MITCHUM) adopted them and became not only their father, but their mentor in the world of international espionage and assassination. Now several years later, he has drawn them into a deadly game of cat and mouse -and exposed for the first time, the treacherous underworld within an underworld - the infamous "Brotherhood of the Rose."
Double-crossed, desperate and hunted all across the globe by the CIA, and KGB and a dozen other international organizations, Saul and Chris enlist the aid of a beautiful Israeli Mossad agent, Erika (CONNIE SELLECCA) to vindicate themselves and finish their father off once and for all
From Moscow to Bangkok, from New York to Mexico, this highly charged suspense thriller reveals one incredible twist after another - and never lets go!
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