Boney
Drama series set in outback Australia about aboriginal policeman Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Based on the books by Arthur Upfield.
Genre: Crime
Cast:James Laurenson , Kate Fitzpatrick , David Gulpilil , Ken Goodlet , John McCallum , Deryck Barnes , Jack Thompson , Alfred Sandor , Googie Withers , Nick Tate , Jeanie Drynan , Judy Morris , Elli Maclure , Brian Wenzel , Serge Lazareff , Graham Rouse , Lex Mitchell , Bindi Williams
S2.E1 ∙ Boney Tells a Fortune
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.
S2.E2 ∙ Boney and the Paroo Bikeman
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.
S2.E3 ∙ Boney and the Strangler
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.
S2.E4 ∙ Boney and the Powder Trail
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.
S2.E5 ∙ Boney and the Albatross
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.
S2.E6 ∙ Boney and the Kelly Gang
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.
S2.E7 ∙ Boney Hunts a Murderess
A woman returning to an outback town after a ten year jail term for the murder of her husband becomes an obvious suspect when a man is murdered on her train.
S2.E8 ∙ Boney and the Emu Man
Three babies are kidnapped in a small country town - then a fourth disappears with it's mother. Boney uncovers a cult based on Aboriginal lore as the townspeople try to start a new tribe to replace those displaced by white men.
S2.E9 ∙ Boney and the Devil's Steps
A famous show business personality is found murdered at a luxury health farm. Boney checks in as a guest to investigate, and has to unravel a complex case involving a change of leadership in a ruthless international crime syndicate.
S2.E10 ∙ Boney Walks with Death
Dr. Paul Henderson seems over anxious to protect his fiancée, Gloria Lacey, the daughter of an outback magistrate. Gloria had an affair with a murdered man and has received death threats.
S2.E11 ∙ Boney and the Burial Tree
A white man is shot and 'buried' aboriginal style in a tree. Nobody on the outback property where the body was found will admit having seen him, although he was watching the homestead from his camp.
S2.E12 ∙ Boney and the Silent Order
Boney and Alice McGorr make a startling discovery at a nearby convent, a 'silent order' where the nuns are not permitted to speak
S2.E13 ∙ Boney and the Black Clansman
While investigating sheep rustling and reprisal killings of stockmen, Boney walks into a full scale clan feud between two Australian outback families who cling stubbornly to the grim traditions of their Scottish ancestors.
