The Magistrate (miniseries)

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.

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 (1989-11-15) – 17 November 1989 (1989-11-17)

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

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

External links

• The Magistrate at IMDb