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Secrets of Midland Heights

Secrets of Midland Heights

1980TV Series⏱️ 1h 0m
Drama
6.4
IMDB Rating
48 votes

The wealthy Millington family presides over a quiet university town in the Midwest. Guy is the ruthless patriarch who never has enough money or power. Various scandals and affairs occupy the Welsh, Carroll, and Wheeler households.

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Bibi Besch, Jordan Christopher, Robert Hogan
Release Date
December 6, 1980
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Bibi Besch
Bibi Besch
as Dorothy Wheeler
Jordan Christopher
Jordan Christopher
as Guy Millington
Robert Hogan
Robert Hogan
as Nathan Welsh
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William Jordan
as Martin Wheeler
Mark Pinter
Mark Pinter
as Calvin Richardson
Doran Clark
Doran Clark
as Ann Dulles
Linda Hamilton
Linda Hamilton
as Lisa Rogers
Jim Youngs
Jim Youngs
as John Grey
Daniel Zippi
Daniel Zippi
as Teddy Welsh
Lorenzo Lamas
Lorenzo Lamas
as Burt Carroll

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Production
Lorimar Productions

🏷️ Keywords

soap operacollege town

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Uninspired "Dallas" knockoff
by budikavlan2002-10-19

"One of the earliest and weakest attempts to piggyback on the surprising success of "Dallas," this series suffered because it didn't have the other series' sense of place. The cast was strong, including older pros like Bibi Besch and Martha Scott along with promising younger stars like Linda Hamilton, but without that unifying sense, "Midland Heights" never felt organic. It was as if the producers had a bunch of loose parts and taped them together, rather than getting what they needed to complete a picture they had in their minds from the beginning. As a result,..."

💡 Did You Know?

Linda Grovenor, who played Holly in the first episode, left to join the actors who went on strike. Marilyn Jones would portray Holly for the rest of the show's run.

📖 Synopsis

The wealthy Millington family presides over a quiet university town in the Midwest. Guy is the ruthless patriarch who never has enough money or power. Various scandals and affairs occupy the Welsh, Carroll, and Wheeler households.