The River Kings | |
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Genre | mini-series |
Written by | Rob George |
Directed by | Donald Crombie |
Starring | Tamblyn Lord David Bradshaw Bill Kerr |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Rob George |
Running time | 4 x 1 hour |
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Original network | ABC |
Original release | 10 November 1991 |
The River Kings is a 1991 Australian mini series based on the novels The River Kings and Conquest of the River by Max Fatchen. It had a budget of $3.5 million.
During the 1921 Mallee drought, sixteen-year-old Shawn Hoffner leaves behind farm life to find work to support his family. He finds work on a Murray River steamboat.