Studs Lonigan (1979)

9.5 | Mar 07, 1979 (US) | Drama

chicago, illinois based on novel or book irish-american immigrant coming of age miniseries period drama race 1920s 1910s 1930s 20th century

Studs Lonigan is a three-part American television miniseries produced by Lorimar Television for NBC, based on the 1932–35 novel trilogy by American author James T. Farrell. Each story is represented in 100-minute episodes: Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day. From 1918 and 1930, Irish-American Bill 'Studs' Lonigan comes of age in Chicago, Illinois, a city full of temptations.

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James T. Farrell

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