The Thorn Birds

The Thorn Birds

1983
★★★★☆ 7.2/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 4 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 121 min/episode
Drama
The story based on a novel by Colleen McCullough focuses on three generations of the Cleary family living on a sheep station in the Australian outback.

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Seasons

Season 1
1983 • 4 Episodes
When the wealthy but now elderly owner of a large sheep farm in the outback of Australia realizes that her affections towards a banished but ambitious young priest will never be returned, she sets out to manipulate his life and career from the grave once she discovers him giving his attention to her young niece instead.

Cast

Richard Chamberlain
Richard Chamberlain
Ralph de Bricassart
Rachel Ward
Rachel Ward
Meggie Cleary
Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
Bryan Brown
Bryan Brown
Luke O'Neill
Brett Cullen
Brett Cullen
Bob Cleary
Stephanie Faracy
Stephanie Faracy
Judy

Crew

Director
Daryl Duke
Writer
Carmen Culver, Lee Stanley, Colleen McCullough
Producer
David L. Wolper, Edward Lewis, Stan Margulies

Network

ABC

Production

Warner Bros. Television, David Wolper-Stan Margulies Productions, Edward Lewis Productions

Keywords

mineforbidden loveromancepriestminiserieslove affairroman catholic churchcatholicismcatholic priestvow of celibacy