Directed by:
Kevin James DobsonScreenplay:
David StevensCinematography:
Ross BerrymanCast:
Richard Chamberlain, Amanda Donohoe, Julia Blake, Michael Caton, Maximilian Schell, Phillip Hinton, Olivia Burnette, Jack Thompson, Robert Taylor (more)Plots(1)
What happened to Father Ralph de Bricassart and Meggie Cleary during the mystery years not covered in the original 1983 hit miniseries? The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years provides the spellbinding answer.
Richard Chamberlain returns as de Bricassart in this riveting companion to The Thorn Birds, based on Colleen McCullough's bestseller. During World War II, de Bricassart heroically rescues refugees in Rome, then is sent by the Vatican to the sprawling Australian sheep ranch he thought he had left behind forever. A reunion with Meggie (Amanda Donohoe) leads to new temptations and a profound crises: Meggie may lose custody of the beloved son conceived during the season of forbidden love they shared years earlier.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Richard Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/379/161379609_c08aff.jpg)
Richard Chamberlain
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Shogun (1980) (series)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
![Amanda Donohoe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712289_2556b5.gif)
Amanda Donohoe
UK
Best movies:
Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999) (TV movie)
The Madness of King George (1994)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
![Julia Blake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279192_4fbb44.jpg)
Julia Blake
UK
Best movies:
Father (1990)
Cactus (1986)
The Dressmaker (2015)
![Michael Caton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/759/165759929_48269b.jpg)
Michael Caton
Australia
Best movies:
Three Summers (2017)
Last Cab to Darwin (2015)
The Interview (1998)
![Maximilian Schell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384721_7efc7e.png)
Maximilian Schell
Austria
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Phillip Hinton
UK
Best movies:
The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? (1993) (TV movie)
The Three Stooges (2000) (TV movie)
Irresistible Force (1993) (TV movie)
![Olivia Burnette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309365_d0678d.jpg)
Olivia Burnette
USA
Best movies:
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Eye for an Eye (1996)
![Jack Thompson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274489_568c08.jpg)
Jack Thompson
Australia
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Short Circuit (1986)
![Robert Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/061/162061126_6e2da3.jpg)
Robert Taylor
Australia
Best movies:
The Matrix (1999)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
Healing (2014)
Zach English
USA
Best movies:
The Real McCoy (1993)
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996) (TV movie)
![Peter Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/619/163619289_d4e6d9.jpg)
Christopher Gabardi
Best movies:
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996) (TV movie)
My Pet Dinosaur (2017)
Jack Heywood
Best movies:
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
The Far Country (1988) (TV movie)