Onassis: The Richest Man in the World | |
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Genre | Biography Drama Romance |
Based on | Ari: The Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis by Peter Evans |
Screenplay by | Jacqueline Feather David Seidler |
Directed by | Waris Hussein |
Starring | Raul Julia |
Theme music composer | Billy Goldenberg |
Country of origin | United States Spain |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Frank Konigsberg Larry Sanitsky |
Producers | Alfred R. Kelman Laurence Myers Jayne Bieber (associate producer) Ron Binkowski (associate producer) |
Production location | Spain |
Cinematography | Alan Doberman |
Editor | David Saxon |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Production companies | Konigsberg/Sanitsky Company Televisión Española |
Distributor | ABC |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | May 1, 1988 |
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