Kane & Abel, the best selling novel by Jeffrey Archer, is brought to the screen by Columbia Pictues and tells the classic tale of two ambitious men whose lives are bound together by fate and dominated by rivalry and greed.

Willam Kane and Abel Rosnovsky are two men whose paths were destined to meet and would change their lives forever. Kane is the son of a prominent Boston banker, Abel is the illegitimate son of a Polish baron, who grew up a peasant but was taken in by the baron not knowing that he's his father. Kane's father would die when he was very young, his mother would marry David Osborne, while still not really over husband's death. William feels that something's not right about him, and he's right; Osborne in addition to sleeping with other women is taking money that is rightfully his mother's and William's. After his mother dies, William tells Orborne not come near him again or else. Abel would be caught by the Russians and sent to labor camp, he would escape, go to Turkey and then go to America. There he becomes the protoge of a hotel magnate. When the crash of 1929 occurs, his boss is wiped out and the bank that he borrowed money from is foreclosing on his hotel, his boss kills hemself. And the bank is Kane's bank. When Abel goes to see him, he tells him that there's nothing he can do, even though he opposed the foreclosure. Kane then swears that he will make Kane and his bank pay for what happened. Abel would get an ally from Osborne, who tells him, his account of what happened between him and William. And when William hears that Abel has aligned himself with Osborne, he vows to get them.

Directed by
Buzz Kulik

Writing credits
Jeffrey Archer (novel)
Robert W. Lenski

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Peter Strauss .... Abel Rosnovski
Sam Neill .... William Lowell Kane
Ron Silver .... Thaddeus Cohen
David Dukes .... David Osborne
Fred Gwynne .... Davis LeRoy
Thomas Byrd .... Richard Kane (as Tom Roberts Byrd)
Alberta Watson .... Zofia Rosnovski
Reed Birney .... Matthew Lester
Vyto Ruginis .... George Nowak
Jill Eikenberry .... Susan Lester
Richard Anderson .... Alan Lloyd
Kate McNeil .... Florentyna Rosnovski
Veronica Hamel .... Kate Kane
Lisa Banes .... Anne Kane
Christopher Cazenove .... The Baron
Sheree J. Wilson .... Melanie LeRoy
Kent Broadhurst .... Tony Simmons
Debra Engle .... Millie Preston
Harry Groener .... Lowell Kane
Jan Rubes .... The Polish Consul
Richard Seff .... Curtis Fenton
William Cain .... H.T. Jilks
Henry Beckman .... Glen Ricardo
Larry Keith .... Thomas Cohen
Robert Milli .... Charles Lester
Ken Pogue .... Dr. MacKendrick
Lally Cadeau .... Maisie
Paul Harding .... David Maxton
Robert Schenkkan .... Jack Thomas
Richard Thomsen .... Ted Leach
Tesa Ujazdowska .... Woman Passenger
Carly Anthony .... Florentyna Koskiewicz 12-16
Patrick Bauchau .... Ludwik
Tan Bura .... Wladek/Abel 9-13
Torquil Campbell .... Young William Kane
James Carruthers .... Customs Man
Danielle Cusson .... Florentyna Rosnovski 11
Marc de Jonge .... Alfons
Mignon Elkins .... William's Secretary #2
Diane Fabian .... Lady Glove Customer
John Gilbert .... Ames
Gordon Gould .... TV Newsman
Melissa Joan Hart .... Florentyna Rosnovski (Age 7) (as Melissa Hart)
Alexei Jawdokimov .... Jasio
George Hamlin .... Rupert Cork-Smith
Helen Hughes .... William's Secretary #1
Joe Jamrog .... Doorman
Kimberly Kulik .... Florentyna Rosnovski 4-5
Peter Millard .... Mr. Munro
Jonathan Moore .... Peter Parfitt
John Newton .... Desmond Pacey
Raymond O'Connor .... New York Newsboy
Martitia Palmer .... Fashion Reporter
Darren Panet .... Richard Kane 7-8
Eddie Parker .... Richard Kane 5
Anthony Pearson .... Stefan
Hilary Perez .... Florentyna Koskiewicz 3-4
Meredith Phelan .... Virginia Kane 3-4
Adam Philipson .... Richard Kane 14-15
Nicholas Pietrek .... Leon Rosnovski
Steffanie Pitt .... Florentyna Koskiewicz 18-20
Benjamin Rayson .... N.Y. Cabbie
James Rebhorn .... Federal Prosecutor
Michael J. Reynolds .... John Preston
Sylvia Rotter .... Helena
David Shawyer .... Dr. Dubein
Leon B. Stevens .... Judge Prescott
Austin Willis .... Senator Willis

Runtime: 310 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: Argentina:13

Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

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