Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North

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| based_on = {{based on|Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North|Ben Bradlee Jr.}}

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| screenplay = Mike Robe

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| director = Mike Robe

| starring = David Keith
Barnard Hughes
Annette O'Toole
Peter Boyle
Paul Dooley
Jim Fitzpatrick

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| composer = Arthur B. Rubinstein
Grover Helsley

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_episodes = 2

| producer = Robert A. Papazian
James G. Hirsch

| editor = Byron Brandt
Karen P. Sharp

| cinematography = Kees Van Oostrum

| runtime = 187 minutes

| company = Papazian Productions

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| network = CBS

| first_aired = {{Start date|1989|4|30}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1989|5|2}}

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Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North is a 1989 American drama miniseries written and directed by Mike Robe. It is based on the 1988 book Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North by Ben Bradlee Jr. The film stars David Keith, Barnard Hughes, Annette O'Toole, Peter Boyle, Paul Dooley and Jim Fitzpatrick. The film aired on CBS in two parts on April 30, 1989, and on May 2, 1989.{{cite news |first=Judith |last=Michaelson |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-31-ca-1325-story.html |title=The Other Oliver North Show : As Trial Opens, TV Drama Is at Halfway Point |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 31, 1989 |access-date=July 25, 2018}}{{cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |author-link=Maureen Dowd |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/19/arts/television-sensitive-mission-retelling-oliver-north-s-story.html |title=TELEVISION; Sensitive Mission: Retelling Oliver North's Story |work=The New York Times |date=March 19, 1989 |access-date=July 25, 2018}}{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John J. |author-link=John J. O'Connor (journalist) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/28/arts/tv-weekend-is-oliver-north-a-hero-or-a-scoundrel.html |title=TV Weekend; Is Oliver North a Hero or a Scoundrel? |work=The New York Times |date=April 28, 1989 |access-date=July 25, 2018}}

Plot

Cast

David Keith as Oliver North
Barnard Hughes as William J. Casey
Annette O'Toole as Betsy North
Peter Boyle as John Poindexter
Paul Dooley as Robert McFarlane
Jim Fitzpatrick as Sergeant Major Collins
Amy Stoch as Fawn Hall
Bryan Clark as Ronald Reagan
Donald Craig as William Clark
Dakin Matthews as Edwin Meese
Joe Dorsey as Richard Secord
Miguel Ferrer as Scott Toney
Madison Mason as Scott
Suzanne Snyder as Alicia
Scott Kraft as Deroy
David Spielberg as Weissman
David Sage as Jenner
John Shearin as Ted
Tony Colitti as Harv Konig
Joel Colodner as Richard Stone
Alex Henteloff as Bender
F.J. O'Neil as Colonel Bernhardt
Mike Pniewski as Lieutenant Jacobs
Arlen Dean Snyder as Major General Schweitzer
Michael Wren as Diaz
Dwier Brown as Jeff Simms
Terry O'Quinn as Aaron Sykes
Reid Shelton as Donald Regan
Warren Munson as Lee Hamilton
Thomas Byrd as Robert Owen
Maria Claire as Tait
Anthony De Fonte as Manucher Ghorbanifar
Don Jeffcoat as Stuart
Tom Fuccello as Spitz Channel
Jane Kean as Mrs. Cornwall
Colby Kline as Dornin
Rob Neukirch as Jack

Ratings

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scope="row" style="text-align: center;" \| 1 \| "Part 1" \| April 30, 1989 \| Sunday 9:00 p.m. \| 14.0/23 \| 20.2 \| {{cite news \|date=May 3, 1989 \|title=We loved CBS' Lucy tribute \|work=USA Today \|page=3D \|id={{ProQuest\|306197470}}}}
scope="row" style="text-align: center;" \| 2 \| "Part 2" \| May 2, 1989 \| Tuesday 9:00 p.m. \| 9.6/15 \| 12.7 \| {{cite news \|date=May 10, 1989 \|title=Bright spots for No. 3 ABC \|work=USA Today \|page=3D \|id={{ProQuest\|306210811}}}}

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| April 30, 1989