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Feature film — 2007

The King (2007)

6.01h 40mDrama — TV Movie

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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A high-signal pick with 1 votes.

Crackerjack Productions / TV1 / Fremantle Australia

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Director: Matthew Saville

On screen

Cast & crew

Stephen Curry as Graham Kennedy

Stephen Curry

Graham Kennedy

Shaun Micallef as Colin Bednall

Shaun Micallef

Colin Bednall

Garry McDonald as Nicky Whitta

Garry McDonald

Nicky Whitta

Steve Bisley as Harry M. Miller

Steve Bisley

Harry M. Miller

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Stephen Hall

Bert Newton

Todd MacDonald as Richard Croft

Todd MacDonald

Richard Croft

Bernard Curry as John Wesley

Bernard Curry

John Wesley

Nick Farnell as Norm Spencer

Nick Farnell

Norm Spencer

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Donal Forde

Geoff "Corkie" Corke

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Leo Taylor

Sir Frank Packer

Johnny Brady as Tim

Johnny Brady

Tim

Monica Maughan as Nana Scott

Monica Maughan

Nana Scott

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