The King

The King

The King

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The King

2007

1h 40m

6.0(1 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.

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Fremantle Australia

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry

Graham Kennedy

Shaun Micallef

Shaun Micallef

Colin Bednall

Garry McDonald

Garry McDonald

Nicky Whitta

Steve Bisley

Steve Bisley

Harry M. Miller

Stephen Hall

Bert Newton

Todd MacDonald

Todd MacDonald

Richard Croft

Bernard Curry

Bernard Curry

John Wesley

Nick Farnell

Nick Farnell

Norm Spencer

Donal Forde

Geoff "Corkie" Corke

Leo Taylor

Sir Frank Packer

Creative team

Directed by: Matthew Saville
Written by: Jaime Browne
Kris Mrksa
Produced by: Jason Stephens

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