Crimebroker Explained

Crimebroker
Director:Ian Barry
Producer:Chris Brown
Hiroyuki Ikeda
Kazuo Nakamura
John Sexton
Andrew Warren
Based On:A story by Sean Goodwyn and Steve Matthews
Starring:Jacqueline Bisset
Music:Roger Mason
Cinematography:Dan Burstall
Editing:Nicholas Beauman
Studio:John Sexton Productions
Portman Productions
Sogovision
Distributor:Network Ten
TV Asahi
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:Australia
Japan
Language:English
Budget:A$2.5 million

Crimebroker is a 1993 Australian-Japanese television film, starring Jacqueline Bisset as a judge who moonlights as a "crime broker." It was also known as Corrupt Justice.[1] [2]

Plot Summary

Jacqueline Bisset plays a respectable Sydney housewife and magistrate who leads a double life selling expertly devised crimes. In fact, she seems to have sassed it until she falls for Japanese criminologist Masaya Kato and is drawn into a partnership with him that could be dangerous for her health.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p31
  2. News: Filmstar Bisset finds a job and is joined by Aussies . . 66 . 20,948 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 20 August 1992 . 19 April 2019 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  3. [Gibraltar Chronicle]