Boney
- 1972 – 1973
- Ended
- Drama
- ~1h / ep
- 2 seasons
- 6.7/10
Boney is an Australian television series produced by Fauna Productions during 1971 and 1972, featuring James Laurenson in the title role of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Two series, each of thirteen episodes were filmed. The series is centred on Bonaparte, a half-Australian Aboriginal character, created by Arthur Upfield, who wrote twenty nine novels about him from 1929 until his death in 1964.
Latest: Season 2 · 1973
View all seasonsE1. Boney Tells a Fortune
Jan 22, 1973 · 60m
Synopsis: An astrologer predicts his own death, but not at the hands of a murderer. Boney investigates, and soon finds there is more to the case than meets the eye. Notes: First episode with Kate Fitzpatrick as Const. Alice McGorr. Based on the novel 'The Battling Prophet'. Filmed at Port Macquarie, New South Wales.
E2. Boney and the Paroo Bikeman
Jan 29, 1973 · 60m
Synopsis: Boney is suspected of being a trade union organiser and a black leg labour recruiter as he probes a double murder amongst bitter industrial trouble on a sheep station. Notes: Based on the novel 'Madman's Bend'. Filmed in New South Wales. Kate Fitzpatrick does not appear in this episode.
E3. Boney and the Strangler
Feb 5, 1973 · 60m
Synopsis: Boney investigates the killing of a pregnant girl in a tropical rain forest. He finds half a dozen logical suspects, but no tracks leading to or from the body. Notes: Based on the novel 'Winds Of Evil'. Filmed at Port Macquarie, New South Wales.
E4. Boney and the Powder Trail
Feb 12, 1973 · 60m
Synopsis: Boney tracks down a hired killer who tries to escape across the outback with a young Aboriginal guide and a bag of highly marketable heroin. Notes: Based on the novel 'The Sands Of Windee'. Filmed in New South Wales.
E5. Boney and the Albatross
Feb 19, 1973 · 60m
Synopsis: Boney investigates the disappearance of a U.S. senator at sea, near a small Australian coastal town. Boney's investigations reveal that the senator was murdered in order to protect the headquarters of an international drug syndicate. Notes: Based on the novel 'The Mystery Of Swordfish Reef'. Filmed at Port Macquarie, New South Wales.
E6. Boney and the Kelly Gang
Feb 26, 1973 · 60m
Synopsis: Boney poses as a bank robber with a gang of Irish-Australian armed bandits, and leads them into a trap. The gang wear suits of armour in the tradition of Ned Kelly. Notes: Based on the novel ‘Bony And The Kelly Gang’. Filmed near Orange, New South Wales.
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