The Magistrate (miniseries)
Appearance
The Magistrate | |
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Written by | Chris Warner |
Directed by | Kathy Mueller |
Starring | Franco Nero Catherine Wilkin Julia Blake Steve Bastoni |
Country of origin | Australia Italy |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 6 x 1 hour |
Production | |
Producers | Kim Dalton Chris Warner |
Original release | |
Release | 15 November 1989 |
The Magistrate is a 1989 mini series about an Italian investigative magistrate fighting the Mafia.[1] His search causes the death of his wife and the disappearance of his son. The crimes lead him to Australia, where he discovers a landscape of political and police corruption, business fraud, media intrigue, drugs smuggling and illegal arms dealing which stretches all the way from Italy to Australia and into the Pacific.
Cast
- Franco Nero as Paolo Pizzi
- Catherine Wilkin as Claire Boyd
- Dennis Miller as Roger Davies
- Julia Blake as Jean Shaw
- Steve Bastoni as Robbie Shaw
- Victoria Rowland as Nicole Davidson
- Joe Petruzzi as Leonardo Pizzi
- Paul Sonkkila as Hannaford
- Andy Anderson as Tony
- Caroline Gillmer as Sandy
- Rod Mullinar as Ian Walters
- Anthony Hawkins as Douglas Shaw
- Jon Fabian as Francesco Pinneri
References
- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p213