The King

May 20, 2007

1h 40m

★ 6.0

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.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Crackerjack Productions

TV1

Fremantle Australia

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Cast

Graham Kennedy

Stephen Curry

Colin Bednall

Shaun Micallef

Nicky Whitta

Garry McDonald

Harry M. Miller

Steve Bisley

Bert Newton

Stephen Hall

Richard Croft

Todd MacDonald

John Wesley

Bernard Curry

Norm Spencer

Nick Farnell

Geoff "Corkie" Corke

Donal Forde

Sir Frank Packer

Leo Taylor

Tim

Johnny Brady

Nana Scott

Monica Maughan

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