The title of this television mini-series and its source 1958 best-selling novel by Nancy Cato of the same name is taken from the from Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. It reads: "All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full: unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again" - Ecclesiastes 1:7.
The first made-for-cable mini-series to be shown in the U.S.
This TV mini-series premiered on Australian television in the 25th Anniversary year of the first publication of its source best-selling novel of the same name by Nancy Cato which had been first published in 1958.
This television mini-series was made and first broadcast about twenty-five years after its source best-selling novel of the same name by Nancy Cato had been first published in 1958.
A TV movie made for the HBO network.