| This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the movies features Mark Harmon as a drifter who comes under the wing of visionary nickelodeon operator Vincent Gardenia and goes on to become a pioneer in the incipient film business, facing the good times and the bad over a 20-year period. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Harmon | Johnny Edge | 3 |
| Morgan Fairchild | Dulcie Warren | 3 |
| Eve Arden | Coralee | 3 |
| Carolyn Jones | Vera | 3 |
| Robert Culp | Henry Farnum | 3 |
| Ray Milland | Lawrence Radford | 3 |
| Robert Picardo | Mark Kessler | 3 |
| Vincent Gardenia | Peter Kessler | 3 |
| Fernando Lamas | Conrad Stillman | 3 |
| Morgan Brittany | Astrid James | 3 |
| Don 'Red' Barry | Capt. Casey | 3 |
| Red Buttons | Bruce Benson | 3 |
| David Groh | Rocco Salvatore | 3 |
| Robert Goulet | Craig Warren | 3 |
| Howard Duff | Charles Slade | 3 |
| Lola Mason | Harriet Farnum | 3 |
| José Ferrer | George Pappas | 3 |
| Jan Murray | Murray Tucker | 3 |
| Kaye Ballard | Esther Kessler | 3 |
| Chris Robinson | Zack Larsen | 3 |
| George Petrie | Fraser | 3 |
| Ray Young | Hansen | 3 |
| Lauren White | Thelma Benson | 3 |