The Magistrate (miniseries)

*The Magistrate*
The Magistrate
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 –; 17 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
Steve Jacobs as Wetherby
Bud Tingwell as Prologue narrator

References

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

External links

The Magistrate at IMDb

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

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