Magistrate, The (ABC 1989, Franco Nero, Catherine Wilkin)

Ambitious crime drama serial that followed Italian magistrate Paolo Pizzi as goes on a one man crusade to catch the people who killed his wife and kidnapped his son.

An Australia-Italy co-production.

production details
Australia / ABC – Warner – Dalton – TVS – Releitalic Spa / 6×60 minute episodes / Broadcast 15-17 November 1989

Writer: Chris Warner / Camera: Chris Davis / Design: Max Nicolson / Costume: Alexandra Tynan / Music: Peter Sullivan / Producers: Kim Dalton, Chris Warner / Executive Producers: Graham Benson, Ross Dimsey,Patricia de Crescenzo / Director: Kathy Mueller

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 GILMER as Sandy
STEVE JACOBS as Wetherby
DAVID BRADSHAW as Bernice

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