Falcon Crest

5.5IMDb Score
Released:1981-12-04
Duration:60 min
Director:
Actors:Jane Wyman, David Selby, Lorenzo Lamas, Gregory Harrison, Kristian Alfonso
Production:Amanda Productions, MF Productions, Lorimar Television.

Overview:

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.

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