Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Poster unavailable
TITLE DETAILS

Bony

1990-09-05 · 96 min · ★ 8.0

Action · TV Movie · Crime · Drama

Bony, a great-great-grandson of legendary part-Aboriginal detective Napoleon Bonaparte. Albert Harris had been a teenager when he knew Napolean; decades later, as a tribal elder, he had tracked and rescued Napoleon's descendant from the desert, after Bony's parents had tragically perished. 'Uncle' Albert taught the young white boy the ways of the desert. Now in 1990, Albert stands beside the 22-year-old Bony as he is inducted into the Northern Police Force. Bony is sent to Woongala. His first case concerns Angela Hemming, the young American wife of the district's most influential landowner. She claims that a Ned Bowen had attempted to rape her, but that she hadn't pressed charges on the condition he left town. Non of this rings true to Bony and he begins to investigate.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Henri Safran
Production companies
Seven Network, Beta Film, Taunus Film-Produktions GmbH
Countries
Australia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Cameron DaddoCameron DaddoDavid "Bony" Bonaparte
Catherine OxenbergCatherine OxenbergAngela Hemmings
Burnam BurnamBurnam BurnamUncle Albert
Jackie KelleherEnid Bonaparte
Don BridgesDon BridgesChilla
Mandy BowdenBev Mills
David ReyneDavid ReyneGeoff Hemmings
Tom RichardsTom RichardsSgt. Frank Carter
Davini MalcolmKate Carter (as Linda McConchie)
James CondonJames CondonTom Hemmings
Andrew FergusonBony (9 years old)
Malcolm RobertsonGeorge Sexton
Ian WilliamsNed Bowen
Peter HoskingPeter HoskingSgt. Dobbs
James PatrickJames PatrickConstable Gluth
Alison WhyteAlison WhyteGina
Marie-Therese ByrneSonia
Graham DowMr. Fitch

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

Mystery Road
★ 6.2
Mystery Road2013Crime · Drama

A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in solving the murder of an indigenous teenager and he is forced to work alone.

Witness Protection
★ 6.3
Witness Protection1999TV Movie · Crime · Drama

Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career criminal Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore); on the outs with the mob and facing prosecution for a number of serious crimes, Batton is offered a deal by the FBI in which he will be given immunity in exchange for testifying against his former partners. However, Batton will have to join the Federal Witness Protection Program, which means that he, his wife, and his children will never again see their friends and family.

The Stranger
★ 6.2
The Stranger2022Crime · Drama

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. However, neither is who they appear to be, each carry secrets that threaten to ruin them — and in the background, one of the nation's largest police operations is closing in.

Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
★ 7.0
Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery2017TV Movie · Crime · Drama

Librarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she also never wanted to see him dead. When his body is found outside of Aurora’s home, she then becomes the main suspect. Determined to find the killer and clear her name, Aurora can't help but to get involved once again.

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
★ 6.9
A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery2017TV Movie · Crime · Drama

Aurora Teagarden and her boyfriend Martin are thrilled when they get an unexpected visit from his niece and her new baby. Their excitement is short lived when his niece disappears and the baby is left behind. Once again, Aurora finds herself drawn into a deadly investigation as she risks it all to help Martin reunite with his family.

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
★ 6.7
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage1986TV Movie · Crime · Drama

Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.

Wire Room
★ 6.1
Wire Room2022Action · Crime

New recruit Justin Rosa must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Eddie Flynn — and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn’s home, Rosa breaks protocol and contacts the gangster directly to save his life. As gunmen break into the Wire Room and chaos erupts, Mueller and Rosa make a final, desperate stand against the corrupt agents and officials who seek to destroy evidence and kill them both.

Indemnity
★ 6.6
Indemnity2022Action · Crime

An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree.

Dead Man's Folly
★ 6.4
Dead Man's Folly1986TV Movie · Crime · Drama

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
★ 6.8
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery2015TV Movie · Crime · Drama

Aurora finds a member of her crime buff group, the Real Murders Club, killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. As other brutal "copycat" killings follow, Aurora will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game.

The Double
★ 5.8
The Double2011Action · Crime · Drama

The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland. Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced.

Family of Cops
★ 6.4
Family of Cops1995Action · TV Movie · Crime

Paul Fein is a veteran police detective whose son Eddie is also a cop. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he soon learns that the field of suspects has been narrowed down to two—the victim's sexually freewheeling wife Anna, and Paul's wild-child daughter Jackie. Neither Paul nor Eddie believe that Jackie could have committed the murder, and soon Paul is using himself as a decoy in a bid to find out more about what Anna does and doesn't know about her husband's death.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part
★ 7.4
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part2021TV Movie · Crime

Just days before Aurora’s wedding, a body is discovered, and she fears her father may be a suspect. She and Nick race to solve the cold case before they walk down the aisle.

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
★ 6.8
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt2012TV Movie · Crime · Drama

Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.

High Ground
★ 6.4
High Ground2021Action · Drama

In a remote corner of the wild country, a bloody war rages. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Gutjuk is a young Indigenous man trying to save the last of his family. Together they embark on a manhunt, which unravels a secret that ultimately pits them against each other.

Silverton Siege
★ 6.3
Silverton Siege2022Action · Crime · Drama

After a failed sabotage mission, a trio of anti-apartheid freedom fighters ends up in a tense bank hostage situation. Based on a true story.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
★ 7.3
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly2020TV Movie · Crime · Drama

Aurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill.

The Man from Hong Kong
★ 6.6
The Man from Hong Kong1975Action · Crime · Drama

Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.

The Perfect Weapon
★ 6.4
The Perfect Weapon1991Action · Crime · Drama

Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.

A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
★ 6.9
A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery2015TV Movie · Crime · Drama

A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery haunting her neighborhood. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues—including a skull, its missing skeleton and a suspicious group of neighbors—and solve the murder before she becomes the unlikely killer’s next victim.

Similar titles

V for Vendetta
★ 7.9
V for Vendetta2006Action

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

Out of the Past
★ 7.7
Out of the Past1947Crime

The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.

Gattaca
★ 7.6
Gattaca1997Drama

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.

Blue Velvet
★ 7.6
Blue Velvet1986Crime

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Se7en
★ 8.4
Se7en1995Crime

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Enola Holmes 2
★ 7.4
Enola Holmes 22022Crime

Enola takes on her first official case as a detective, but to solve the mystery of a missing girl, she'll need help from friends — and brother Sherlock.

Charlie's Country
★ 7.0
Charlie's Country2013Drama

Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.

JFK
★ 7.6
JFK1991Drama

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

M
★ 8.1
M1931Crime · Drama

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

Strangers on a Train
★ 7.7
Strangers on a Train1951Crime · Drama

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

Square One
★ 8.6
Square One2019Crime · Drama

An investigation into the original 1993 Michael Jackson allegations brought by the Chandler family.

The King's Case Note
★ 6.8
The King's Case Note2017Action

A clever king of Joseon and his brilliant chronicler hunt for the truth behind a crime that threatens the throne and the stability of the country.

No Good Deed
★ 5.4
No Good Deed2002Action · Crime · Drama

While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.

The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce
★ 7.5
The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce1977Drama

A West German concern is conducting secret negotiations on the production of an atomic bomb with an interested state. The son of the head of the concern, realizing the monstrosity and scale of his father's activities, interrupts the negotiations and returns home with the intention to publicize his father's activities.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
★ 6.6
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002Action

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

Laura
★ 7.6
Laura1944Drama

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

Zodiac
★ 7.5
Zodiac2007Crime

Police conduct a manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers.

The Driver
★ 7.2
The Driver1978Action · Crime

The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises pardons to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from The Player to mislead the detective.

The Dark Side of the Moon
★ 5.2
The Dark Side of the Moon1990Action

It is the year 2022. A mysterious systems failure causes the crew of a spaceship to be stranded on the dark side of the moon, while rapidly running out of fuel and oxygen. They are surprised to discover a NASA space shuttle floating in space, and board it in the hope of salvaging some supplies. One by one, the crew is possessed and killed, and it is up to Paxton Warner to find the links between the dark side of the moon, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Devil himself.

Lady in the Lake
★ 6.1
Lady in the Lake1946Crime

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.