East of Eden

Synopsis

A powerful eight-hour adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 generational saga stars Bruce Boxleitner and Timothy Bottoms as battling brothers reminiscent of Cain and Abel, and Jane Seymour as the malevolent young woman who toys with their emotions.

Cast

Timothy Bottoms

Adam Trask

Jane Seymour

Kate Trask

Bruce Boxleitner

Charles Trask

Soon-Tek Oh

Lee

Karen Allen

Abra

Hart Bochner

Aron Trask

Sam Bottoms

Cal Trask

Warren Oates

Cyrus Trask

Howard Duff

Jules Edwards

Anne Baxter

Faye

Richard Masur

Will Hamilton

Nicholas Pryor

James Grew

Lloyd Bridges

Samuel Hamilton

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Nellie Bellflower

Mrs. Trask

M. Emmet Walsh

Sheriff Horace Quinn

Vernon Weddle

Bill Ames

Grace Zabriskie

Mrs. Ames

Wendell Burton

Tom Hamilton

Matthew Beard

Cotton Eye

Timothy Carey

The Preacher

Crew

Camera

• Frank Stanley Director of Photography

Directing

• Harvey Hart Director

Editing

• Michael Brown Editor

Production

• Mace Neufeld Executive Producer
• Barney Rosenzweig Producer
• Jane Feinberg Casting
• Ken Wales Co-Producer
• Mike Fenton Casting

Sound

• Lee Holdridge Original Music Composer

Writing

• John Steinbeck Novel
• Richard Alan Shapiro Writer

Seasons & episodes