Centennial Season 1 Episode 1 Only the Rocks Live Forever ( Air Date 1978-10-01 ) Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Western category. Overview "A feisty Quebec trapper meets Arapaho Chief Lame Beaver in his travels throughout the American West. Thus beginning a series of relationships that create a timeline of adventures from the late 1700's to the 20th century. On a trip to St. Louis to sell his wares, he encounters the wealthy silversmith Herman Bockweiss (Raymond Burr) and enters a partnership with him to bring guns and silver to the Indians. He agrees to marry Bockweiss' daughter Lise (Sally Kellerman) and leaves shortly thereafter to return to his trapping trade. He encounters and saves the life of his future partner, Alexander McKeag (Richard Chamberlain), a Scotsman attempting to escape his past. They make their way to an Arapaho camp where McKeag, who has been injured, is tended by Chief Lame Beaver's daughter, Clay Basket (Barbara Carrera). They fall in love, but she instead marries Pasquinel at her father's request. Accompanied by Clay Basket, the partners set out in search of Pasquinel's true desire - gold.".
Centennial Season 1 Episode 1 Only the Rocks Live Forever
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- Stars: Robert Conrad, Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Burr, Sally Kellerman, Barbara Carrera, Richard Crenna, Donald Pleasence, Alex Karras, Lynn Redgrave, Chad Everett, Stephanie Zimbalist, Brian Keith, Dennis Weaver, Mark Harmon, Cliff DeYoung, Gregory Harrison, Pernell Roberts, Timothy Dalton, Andy Griffith, David Janssen, Lois Nettleton, Cristina Raines, Anthony Zerbe, Merle Haggard, William Atherton, Stephen McHattie, Robert Vaughn, Jesse Vint, Sharon Gless, Glynn Turman
- Director: Richard Caffey, Jacques R. Marquette, Alex Beaton, George E. Crosby, Howard Alston, Duke Callaghan, John Wilder, Ronald W. Browne, Charles W. Short, James Michener, Malcolm R. Harding, John Wilder, John Addison
