The River Kings (1991)
Filmed on South Australia's glorious River Murray, this television mini-series is set during the 1920s and tells of the story of a runaway who escapes to the river to work on a paddle-boat steamer and his friendship with an old salt captain played by Bill Kerr. Based on an original novel by Max Fatchen.
- First aired
- 1991-11-10
- Genres
- Drama
- Seasons
- 1 (4 episodes)
- Status
- Ended
- Directed / written by
- Donald Crombie, Rob George
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Bill Kerr as Captain Elijah
- Tamblyn Lord as Shawn Hofner
- Willie Fennell as Praying Jack
- Edward Hepple as Angus
- David Bradshaw as Captain Snane
- Kate Mulcahy as Mary Thompson
- Reg Evans as Mallie Ned
- Jacki Kerin as Lottie Hofner
- Cecil Parkee as Charlee
- Hamish Fletcher as Michael Hofner
- Grant Piro as Spud
- Henry Salter as Major Dudley