Directed by:
Tony WharmbyScreenplay:
Elliott BakerComposer:
Alan ParkerCast:
Lindsay Wagner, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Cazenove, Stuart Wilson, Julian Fellowes, Sarah Lam, John Atkinson, Fiona Fullerton, Stephanie Beacham (more)Plots(1)
Barbara Taylor Bradford's much- loved trilogy that began with A Woman Of Substance is made complete with To Be The Best, a tale of love and betrayal set in exotic Hong Kong, London and New York. Paula O'Neill- Emma Harte's favorite granddaughter and successor- struggles to save the retail empire built by her grandmother, while also striving to sustain her marriage and family life. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Lindsay Wagner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270763_22b4c0.jpg)
Lindsay Wagner
USA
Best movies:
The Paper Chase (1973)
I Want to Live (1983) (TV movie)
Young Again (1986) (TV movie)
![Anthony Hopkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/297/165297927_22daa8.jpg)
Anthony Hopkins
UK
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Elephant Man (1980)
One Life (2023)
![Christopher Cazenove](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272329_17a66a.jpg)
Christopher Cazenove
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Stuart Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269176_1a7194.jpg)
Stuart Wilson
UK
Best movies:
The Rock (1996)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
![Julian Fellowes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/719/161719296_fda476.jpg)
Julian Fellowes
Egypt
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Shadowlands (1993)
Sarah Lam
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Hamlet (1996)
To Be the Best (1992) (TV movie)
John Atkinson
UK
Best movies:
Fräulein Doktor (1969)
Little Dorrit (1987)
Halifax f.p. (1994) (series)
![Fiona Fullerton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280017_cec5c9.jpg)
Fiona Fullerton
Nigeria
Best movies:
Shaka Zulu (1986) (series)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
A View to a Kill (1985)
![Stephanie Beacham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280337_547f02.jpg)
Stephanie Beacham
UK
Best movies:
Relative Values (2000)
And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
Lucky Chances (1990) (series)
Rob Freeman
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The X-Files – File 10: Emily (1997) (video compilation)
Prozac Nation (2001)
![Louis Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/208/167208325_e96814.jpg)
Louis Roth
USA
Best movies:
Legend of the Drunken Master (1994)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Police Story 2 (1988)
![Belinda Mayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098851_d8f019.jpg)
Belinda Mayne
UK
Best movies:
Krull (1983)
White Fire (1984)
A Man Called Intrepid (1979) (series)
![Ozzie Yue](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/673/158673984_c7c2fa.jpg)
Ozzie Yue
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Croupier (1998)
Nuns on the Run (1990)
Gary Cady
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Mona Lisa (1986)
Erik the Viking (1989)
![David Robb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/441/159441934_ebc738.jpg)
David Robb
UK
Best movies:
Swing Kids (1993)
Wolf Hall (2015) (series)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) (TV movie)
Jay Benedict
USA
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
![James Saito](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777934_d7a2e4.jpg)
James Saito
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Henry Fool (1997)
Ian Bleasdale
UK
Best movies:
Edge of Darkness (1985) (series)
Inspector Lewis (2006) (series)
Inspector Morse (1987) (series)
![Chris Jenkinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/391/161391795_6180cb.jpg)
Chris Jenkinson
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Antony and Cleopatra (1974) (TV movie)
Tom Wu
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
The Gentlemen (2019)
Skyfall (2012)