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Kane & Abel

TV·1985–1985·1 season, 3 episodes·CBS·Drama·1h 30m·Created by Jeffrey Archer

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Polish immigrant Abel Rosnovski and Boston banker William Lowell Kane are two men born on the same day, and whose lifelong rivalry shapes their empires and families over decades. Their contrasting paths from poverty and wealth lead to a destructive, decades-long feud for power.

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  1. 01Part 1S01E01 · 3.0Part 1 introduces Abel Rosnovski, a Polish immigrant determined to make good, and William Kane, a Boston Brahmin being groomed to rule a banking empire.

Castfull cast & details

Peter StraussPeter StraussAbel RosnovskiSam NeillSam NeillWilliam Lowell KaneRon SilverRon SilverThaddeus CohenDavid DukesDavid DukesDavid OsborneFred GwynneFred GwynneDavis LeRoyThomas ByrdThomas ByrdRichard KaneAlberta WatsonAlberta WatsonZofia RosnovskiReed BirneyReed BirneyMatthew Lester

Episodes by season

Season013Episodes1985Aired 3.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Part 1November 17, 1985 3.0Part 1 introduces Abel Rosnovski, a Polish immigrant determined to make good, and William Kane, a Boston Brahmin being groomed to rule a ban
  2. S01E02Part 2November 18, 1985—Flourishing despite the Depression, Abel allies himself with the scheming David Osborne to topple Kane, who has other boardroom fights on hi
  3. S01E03Part 3November 19, 1985—After 25 years, an ironic twist in the bitter feud between Kane and Abel estranges the financier from his son and the hotelier from his daug

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