CAPITOL, a drama set in Washington D.C., delves behind the marble curtain of the nation's capitol to explore the intrigues and ambitions of two prominent families - the McCandlesses and the Cleggs - who have been bitter enemies for decades. Caught iin the crossfire of power, passion and revenge are the eldest, war hero McCandless son, Tyler, and Julie Clegg, who are deeply in love and marry, despite the machinations of the Cleggs and the dismay of the McCandless. Interwoven dramas spin out against the social and political backdrop of today's Washington and are llayered with sentiment and suspicion.

Heading the powerful cast are Rory Clahoun as the patriarch Judson Tyler; Marj Dusay as the conniving, malevolent Myrna Clegg; Richard Egan as her husband, the powerful tycoon Sam Clegg II; Ed Nelson as a respected senator and devoted friend of the McCandless family, and Constance Towers as the widowed Clarissa McCandless, who seems to be the main target for Myrna's vitriol.

Other cast members include Julie Adams as Paula Denning, the Senator's disturbed wife; Deborah Mullowney as Sloane Denning, their headstrong news reporter daughter; Nicholas Walker as Myrna's devious stepson, Congressman Sam "Trey" Clegg III; Catherine Hickland and David Mason Daniels as the star-crossed lovers Julie Clegg and Tyler McCandless; and Lana Wood as Fran Burke, a single parent struggling to cope with her daughter Amy's (Kimberly Ross) impending blindness.