Drama series set in outback Australia about aboriginal policeman Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Based on the books by Arthur Upfield.
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Series Cast Summary
| James Laurenson | ... |
Detective Inspector Bonaparte
(26 episodes, 1972-1973)
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| Kate Fitzpatrick | ... |
Constable Alice McGorr
(13 episodes, 1973)
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| David Gulpilil | ... |
Balinga
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(4 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Ken Goodlet | ... |
Inspector Walters
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(3 episodes, 1972-1973)
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| John McCallum | ... |
Alistair Bell
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(3 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Deryck Barnes | ... |
Sgt Colin Harvey
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(3 episodes, 1973)
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| Jack Thompson | ... |
Jack
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(2 episodes, 1973)
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Alfred Sandor | ... |
Lund
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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| Nick Tate | ... |
Sgt Peter Irwin
(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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| Googie Withers | ... |
Diana Thompson
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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| Jeanie Drynan | ... |
Isobel Matthews
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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| Judy Morris | ... |
Jill Madden
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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| Elli Maclure | ... |
Flora McDonald
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Brian Wenzel | ... |
Sgt Cox
(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Serge Lazareff | ... |
Dick Lake
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Lex Mitchell | ... |
Jacko
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Graham Rouse | ... |
Jim
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Jack Allan | ... |
Harry
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Kevin Leslie | ... |
Mick
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Bindi Williams | ... |
Harry Jones
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Tom Farley | ... |
Ben Wickham
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(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
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Edward Ogden | ... |
Ed Wessex
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(2 episodes, 1972)
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Anne Haddy | ... |
Mary Parker
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(2 episodes, 1973)
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Ric Hutton | ... |
Norman Lacey
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(2 episodes, 1973)
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| Kerry McGuire | ... |
Meena
(1 episode, 1972)
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Murray George | ... |
Constable Pierce
(1 episode, 1972)
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Kevin Wilson | ... |
Brian Kelly
(1 episode, 1973)
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Brian Hinzlewood | ... |
Dan Conway
(1 episode, 1973)
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Les Foxcroft | ... |
Yorky
(1 episode, 1972)
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Geoffrey Liddle | ... |
Charlies
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Neva Carr-Glynn | ... |
Mrs. Conway
(1 episode, 1973)
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Joe Dalyrymple | ... |
Hart
(1 episode, 1972)
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Judy Lynne | ... |
Carol Lund
(1 episode, 1973)
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Melissa Robinson | ... |
Linda
(1 episode, 1972)
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Del Harmon | ... |
Mrs. Lund
(1 episode, 1973)
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Frank Gallacher | ... |
Barman
(1 episode, 1973)
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| David Whitford | ... |
Patterson
(1 episode, 1973)
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| Honor Blackman | ... |
Mary Answorth
(1 episode, 1972)
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| John Waters | ... |
Constable Peter Lloyd
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Roger Ward | ... |
Constable Barnard
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Helen Lindsay | ... |
Elizabeth Rutter
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Max Phipps | ... |
Morris Answorth
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Max Cullen | ... |
Glen Shannon
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Tony Wager | ... |
Constable Harry Harmon
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Terence Cooper | ... |
Jack Levvey
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Rod Mullinar | ... |
Frank Abbott
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Rowena Wallace | ... |
Kat Loader
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Gerda Nicolson | ... |
Clare Joyce
(1 episode, 1972)
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Danny Adcock | ... |
Tony Carr
(1 episode, 1972)
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| Jill Forster | ... |
Elaine Simpson
(1 episode, 1972)
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Production Companies
- 7 Network
- Fauna Productions
- Norfolk-International Productions
- Portman Productions
- Scottish Television Enterprises
- Seven Network
Distributors
- 7 Network (1972) (Australia) (tv)
- Amalgamated Global Television (1972) (World-wide)
- FS1 - Freies Fernsehen Salzburg (1974) (Austria) (tv)
- ITV - Independent Television (1975) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- Independent Television (ITV) (1975) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- ORF 1 (1974) (Austria) (tv)
- ORF Eins (1974) (Austria) (tv)
- Seven Network (1972) (Australia) (tv)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (1974) (West Germany) (tv)
- Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) (1974) (Austria) (tv)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A Police Officer, who is also Aboriginal, arrives in outback central Australia from a big city. He begins to solve local major crimes. Not only through his intelligence, as he is highly educated, but also using skills he has learnt from his Aboriginal culture. Written by Tim Kerr-Thomson |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | There was controversy as the result of the fact that James Laurenson, a white man, was hired to play Inspector Bonaparte. However, the producers had mounted a search for a mixed-race Aborigine and had not been able to find one despite many weeks of searching. Even more ironically, James Laurenson was Tasmanian, and his ancestors had killed off the last aboriginal Tasmanian centuries earlier. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004). See more » |