Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) [8 0f 12]

Chapter 8 (1 March. 1976) - Rudy and Julie spend the day together, as if the thirteen years had not gone by. As Julie arrives home, Billy meets her at the door to tell her "Daddy is home and he's going to stay". Willie is devastated to learn that he is no longer married to Julie. Tom meets with his detective and discovers that three large men are looking for him. Tom finds coach's friend with the connection to the merchant marines and finds he will need $500 for a passport and seaman's ticket. Tom goes to Rudy's for the money and sees his mother, who gives him the money.He tells her, if she ever needs him (not for Rudy), how to contact him via Papadakis at the Agean Hotel in New York. Calderwood calls Rudy and tells him he expects him in Whitby Friday night. Calderwood tells Rudy that he expects him to marry Virginia as a consequence of his seduction of her. In return Rudy will be named a full partner and, upon Calderwood's death, Rudy will receive all his shares and full control. Rudy angrily quits and walks out, making Calderwood realize that he is mistaken about his beliefs about Virginia and Rudy and does not accept his resignation. Rudy asks Julie if she wants him to take care of the Willie problem. Tom gets a ship, passport and seaman's ticket in the name of "Tom Jordan" and an address for Teresa.

Rich Man, Poor Man is a 1976 American television miniseries based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw. The miniseries stars Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte and Susan Blakely. It spans the period from 1945 through the late 1960s and follows the divergent career courses of impoverished German American Jordache brothers. Rudy (Peter Strauss) is the titular rich man, a well-educated and very ambitious entrepreneur who triumphed over his background and constructed a corporate and political empire. Poor man Tom (Nick Nolte) is a rebel who eventually turned to boxing to support himself. Axel and Mary were their parents, and Julie Prescott was Rudy's lifelong sweetheart who eventually married him. Later, another important character appears, the dangerous and eccentric Falconetti, lifelong nemesis of the Jordache Brothers, who is intent on killing them.