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  • The Beachcombers A Long Way Home (Season 16, Episode 5)
  • TV Episode | Adventure, Comedy

The Beachcombers

A Long Way Home (Season 16, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Adventure, Comedy

John requests Nick and Jesse to make a run to Lund - one full day in each direction - to transport cantankerous seventy-six year old Duffy Bingham to his son Lorrie Bingham's house. Fed up with living at the senior's boarding house, Duffy ...See moreJohn requests Nick and Jesse to make a run to Lund - one full day in each direction - to transport cantankerous seventy-six year old Duffy Bingham to his son Lorrie Bingham's house. Fed up with living at the senior's boarding house, Duffy figured that living with Lorrie a better option. However, Duffy hasn't seen his son in close to twenty years, when Lorrie, then a hippie, got married. But after Lorrie inherited a fortune from his grandmother, he has since built a house on his private island. Jesse refuses this job because of its cargo as he and Duffy aren't on the best of terms, so John decides to be Nick's second in command. Because of Duffy's ever complaining attitude and behavior, Nick also regrets taking this job by the time they reach the island. But Duffy too may regret the trip when he sees that Lorrie has not changed at all in twenty years, that the house is nothing more than a shack with no running water, and that Lorrie's dream house - a pyramid - is a long way from being completed if it ever gets done. They also find that life between Lorrie and his wife Mo is not totally harmonious, as she long outgrew her hippie beliefs, and finds that Lorrie is as much a child that needs to be taken care of as any of her and Lorrie's biological children. The question becomes what will happen with this new extended Bingham family in all its disharmony. Written by Huggo See less
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Director
Writers
Susan Strange (written by) (as L.S. Strange) (creator) (as Strange) | Marc Strange (creator) (as Strange) | Philip Keatley (developed by)
Producer
Composer
Cinematographer
Kenneth W. Gregg (as Ken W. Gregg)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 1, 1987

Release date
Nov 1, 1987 (Canada)
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14 cast members
Name Known for
Bruno Gerussi
Nick Adonidas Nick Adonidas   See fewer
Robert Clothier
Relic Phillips Relic Phillips   See fewer
Jackson Davies
Constable John Constable Constable John Constable   See fewer
Pat John
Jesse Jim Jesse Jim   See fewer
Charlene Aleck
Sara Jim (credit only) Sara Jim (credit only)   See fewer
Dion Luther
Pat O'Gorman (credit only) (as Dione Luther) Pat O'Gorman (credit only) (as Dione Luther)   See fewer
Cameron Bancroft
Graham Blake (credit only) (as Cam Bancroft) Graham Blake (credit only) (as Cam Bancroft)   See fewer
Marianne Jones
Laurel (credit only) Laurel (credit only)   See fewer
Cory Douglas
Tommy (credit only) Tommy (credit only)   See fewer
Joe Austin
Captain Jack O'Gorman Captain Jack O'Gorman   See fewer
Imbert Orchard
Duffy Bingham Duffy Bingham   See fewer
David Longworth
Lorrie Bingham Lorrie Bingham   See fewer
Elie Halcrow
Mo Bingham Mo Bingham   See fewer
Lillian Carlson
Mrs. Brody Mrs. Brody   See fewer
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