Roses Are for the Rich
1987
Directed by Michael Miller
Roses Are for the Rich is a 1987 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television drama miniseries starring Lisa Hartman, Bruce Dern, Joe Penny, Richard Masur and Howard Duff. In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion. She vows vengeance on mine owner Douglas Osborne and dedicates her life to destroying him, even at the cost of her own happiness. When her attempts at financial ruin fail, she manipulates Osborne into marriage by claiming she is carrying his child. After Osborne dies from cyanide poisoning, Autumn is arrested for his murder, but she professes her innocence.
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Roses Are for the Rich is a 1987 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television drama miniseries starring Lisa Hartman, Bruce Dern, Joe Penny, Richard Masur and Howard Duff. In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion. She vows vengeance on mine owner Douglas Osborne...
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- 1987-05-17
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- English
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Michael Miller
Director
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Jonell Lawson
Writer
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Judith Paige Mitchell
Writer
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Lisa Hartman
Autumn McAvin Norton Corbett Osborne
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Bruce Dern
Douglas Osborne
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Britton Elliott
Young Autumn
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Joe Penny
Lloyd Murphy
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Richard Masur
Everett Corbett
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Howard Duff
Denton
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Morgan Stevens
Brian Osborne
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Jim Youngs
Lonnie Norton