The Magistrate (miniseries) explained

Director:Kathy Mueller
Starring:Franco Nero
Catherine Wilkin
Julia Blake
Steve Bastoni
Country:Australia
Italy
Language:English
Num Episodes:6 x 1 hour
Producer:Kim Dalton
Chris Warner

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p213