BlackJack (film series)
| BlackJack | |
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| Genre | Police drama |
| Created by | Gary McCaffrie Shaun Micallef |
| Written by |
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| Directed by |
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| Starring | |
| Composer | David Hirschfelder |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Nick Murray Sue Masters |
| Cinematography | Henry Pierce Martin McGrath |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Jigsaw Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Network Ten |
| Release | 16 March 2003 – 2 December 2007 |
BlackJack is a series of Australian television movies created by Shaun Micallef and Gary McCaffrie, and starring Colin Friels. The movies began airing on Network Ten in 2003 and concluded in 2007. They were shown in the United Kingdom on the BBC and UKTV Drama.
After testifying against his former colleagues in a corruption trial Sydney detective Jack Kempson (Colin Friels) is reassigned to a unit charged with entering the details of old cases into a police database. He unofficially begins to investigate unsolved crimes dating back many years.[1]
Episodes
Pilot
- BlackJack: Murder Archive (2003)
First trilogy
- BlackJack: Sweet Science (2004) — Jack discovers that the sons (Alex O'Loughlin and Anthony Hayes) of a criminal gunned down during a football game in 1992 are now following in their dead father's footsteps.[2]
- BlackJack: In The Money (2005)
- BlackJack: Ace Point Game (2005)
Second trilogy
- BlackJack: Dead Memory (2006)
- BlackJack: At The Gates (2006)
- BlackJack: Ghosts (2007)
Main cast
- Colin Friels – Jack Kempson
- Kate Beahan – Julie Egan
- David Field – Inspector Terry Kavanagh
- Marta Dusseldorp – Sam Lawson
- Gigi Edgley – Liz Kempson
- Doris Younane – Christine Vallas
- Sophie Lee – Denise Kennedy
- Todd Lasance – Stephen Hulce
References
- ^ "Blackjack". Australian Television Information Archive. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Blackjack - Sweet Science". Australian Television Information Archive. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
External links
- BlackJack (TV Movie 2003), the first instalment, on IMDb
- Courtis, Brian (11 September 2005). "Grumpy Old Man". The Age. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- Courtis, Brian (12 September 2005). "Jumping Jack's Dash". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 13 August 2013.