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The King(2007)
Status: Released
Date: 2007-05-20
60%
1 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Australia
ProductionCompanies: 
Crackerjack Productions
TV1
Movie: The King
Top 10 Billed Cast
Stephen Curry
Graham Kennedy
Shaun Micallef
Colin Bednall
Garry McDonald
Nicky Whitta
Steve Bisley
Harry M. Miller
Todd MacDonald
Richard Croft
Bernard Curry
John Wesley
Nick Farnell
Norm Spencer
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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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2007-05-20
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