Rose Are for the Rich is a 1987 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television drama film starring Lisa Hartman, Bruce Dern, Joe Penny, Richard Masur and Howard Duff.
The film is directed by Michael Miller and written by Judith Paige Mitchell, based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Jonell Lawson.
His son, Brian Osbourne, is angry with his father because of how he treats others, so he decides to not inherit the business.
Tom Jicha, writing for Miami News, said, "The soapy plot is preposterous, tedious, disjointed and predictable.
[2] Tom Shales, of the Washington Post, ""Roses Are for the Rich" has enough storm and schmaltz-and, indeed, enough on-screen breeding, too-to loom as a crowd pleaser.