Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Lee Novak I saw this Great series when it first aired. NICK NOLTE,ED ASNER and WILLIAM SMITH as FALCONETTI swipe the limelight,but of course,WILLIAM SMITH tops them all in the few episodes he appeared. WILLIAM SMITH a Highly Intelligent man who speaks several languages,a Korean war Veteran and former College Professor creates the Villain that goes down as the BEST Villain in Cinematic History. WILLIAM SMITH is SO good,that for the second series(RMPM Book 2)NOT an Irwin Shaw based work,into 17 out of 21 episodes and an EMMY nomination. Irwin Shaw wrote the Character of FALCONETTI as a Ship-Board Bloated Bully with a Turnip head. Glad the producers of this Series went the OTHER direction in casting Big BILL SMITH. After this grand show(not without script flaws)had it's run,BILL SMITH became SO popular,he was given his Own square on the Hollywood Squares game show,and went off to do the sequel. BILL SMITH of TV's "Laredo" etc etc etc landed the Role that put him "On the map". A great series depicting post World War II and the German/American upstate NY Jordache Family and the hard-Luck of Both Brothers with their rugged childhood,wild insane genes,trying to cope. The title I believe refers to ONLY Rudy Jordache(PETER STRAUSS) AS both A Rich Man AND a Poor man and NOT what would believe of Tom Jordache being the "Poor Man".

khamble A huge favorite with college students and adults. People quickly formed parties around the series. It was an amazing part of television history. People talked about the show all week long waiting for the next installment. The use of established stars and new faces created a great deal of believability in the story line. Shows like Dallas, Dynasty, and other miniseries like Roots owe their success to Rich Man, Poor Man. America was glued to the miniseries format. The use of real historic events created the feeling that the author was relating true events to you through the characters. Successful television shows and movies, such as Wonder Years and Forrest Gump, have applied this format.

mbr_rhodie I can still remember a very young Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss in this series - who would have thought at the time this series would have catapulted them both onto Hollywood careers . Definitely the the first and the best TV mini series -it had me glued to the TV set each week - so as not to miss an episode . I think Falconetti with that eye patch , he must have been one of the best bad guys to hit the small screen in a long time - i wonder where he is now. Great to see it is AVAILABLE to BUY in the UK on DVD .I have ordered my copy from Amazon UK as soon as i saw it was available

filmsfan38 I saw this series on TV in the 1970's and it was excellent. Great acting by Nick Nolte as the wild one and Peter Strauss as the good guy. It mystifies me that this series was never distributed on DVD or even VHS, when other not even a quarter as good series than this one, have come out on DVD or VHS. I'm positive Rich Man, Poor Man, would sell very well. Everybody would buy it.