The Thorn Birds
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3/27/1983Runtime
4 eps, 482 minsGenres
Overview
Follows the Cleary family over several decades, focusing on the central, tragic romance between Meggie and Father Ralph, who is torn between his vows and his love for her.
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An operatic family saga that unfolds across generations, tracing a doomed romance between a woman and a priest bound by vows he cannot break. Watching it is a slow descent into the consequences of impossible choices, lingering and sorrowful.
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Richard Chamberlain
Ralph de Bricassart
Rachel Ward
Meggie Cleary
Christopher Plummer
Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
Bryan Brown
Luke O'Neill
Brett Cullen
Bob Cleary
Stephanie Faracy
Judy
Barry Corbin
Pete
John de Lancie
Alastair MacQueen
Barbara Stanwyck
Mary Carson
Jean Simmons
Fiona Fee Cleary
Richard Kiley
Paddy Cleary
Piper Laurie
Anne Mueller
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