Kane & Abel (1985– )

Kane and Abel are born on the same day the same year on each side of the Atlantic. William Kane is born in one of the richest families of Boston and grows up to be a banker on Wall Street. ... See full summary »

Stars:

Peter Strauss, Sam Neill, Ron Silver

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Strauss	...	Abel Rosnovski
Sam Neill	...	William Lowell Kane
Ron Silver	...	Thaddeus Cohen
David Dukes	...	David Osborne
Fred Gwynne	...	Davis LeRoy
Thomas Byrd	...	Richard Kane (as Tom Roberts Byrd)
Alberta Watson	...	Zofia Rosnovski
Reed Birney	...	Matthew Lester
Vyto Ruginis	...	George Nowak
Jill Eikenberry	...	Susan Lester
Richard Anderson	...	Alan Lloyd
Kate McNeil	...	Florentyna Rosnovski
Veronica Hamel	...	Kate Kane
Lisa Banes	...	Anne Kane
Christopher Cazenove	...	The Baron

Storyline

Kane and Abel are born on the same day the same year on each side of the Atlantic. William Kane is born in one of the richest families of Boston and grows up to be a banker on Wall Street. Abel Rosnovski is born in the Polish countryside and has to spend many years in Siberian prison camps before he travels to New York and eventually creates one of the world's largest chains of hotels. The confrontation between these two men, both striving for power and success, will make the finance capital of the world tremble.

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Plot Keywords:

ampersand in title | tv mini series | punctuation in title | based on novel | character name in title

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 1985 (USA)

Filming Locations:

France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Schreckinger Communications Company, Embassy Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

240 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

A disappointing effort

This movie is at best a mediocre mini-series. It oftentimes leaves major holes in the plot. For instance, we never see William and Kate get married or have children, and suddenly they have a 12 year old son at St. Paul's. You never realize that many years have passed before Abel and Zaphia are divorced, but it only takes one scene for the movie to do it. Very few characters are really in line with how Archer's book portrays them. The only accurate portrayal in this movie was that of Davis Leroy. Fred Gywnn nailed that part the way Bob Vila nails studs together. Overall though, the film is a disappointing show.