Jeffrey Archer's Kane & Abel: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kane and Abel are born on the same day the same year on each side of the Atlantic. William Kane are 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.

Series details

• Title: Jeffrey Archer's Kane & Abel
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1985-11-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1985-11-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 13342
• IMDb ID: tt0088547
• TVDB ID: 185941

Cast and credited roles

• David Dukes — David Osborne
• Fred Gwynne — Davis LeRoy
• Peter Strauss — Abel Rosnovski
• Ron Silver — Thaddeus Cohen
• Sam Neill — William Lowell Kane

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1985-11-17; final listed air date 1985-11-19; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Jeffrey Archer's Kane & Abel on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.