Crimebroker

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Crimebroker
Based onA story by Sean Goodwyn and Steve Matthews
Written by Tony Morphett
Directed by Ian Barry
Starring Jacqueline Bisset
Music by Roger Mason
Country of originAustralia
Japan
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersChris Brown
Hiroyuki Ikeda
Kazuo Nakamura
John Sexton
Andrew Warren
CinematographyDan Burstall
EditorNicholas Beauman
Running time100 minutes
Production companiesJohn Sexton Productions
Portman Productions
Sogovision
BudgetA$2.5 million [1]
Original release
Network Network Ten
Release14 June 1993 (1993-06-14)
Network TV Asahi
ReleaseJuly 1993 (1993-07)

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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p31
  2. "Filmstar Bisset finds a job and is joined by Aussies". The Canberra Times . Vol. 66, no. 20, 948. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 August 1992. p. 7. Retrieved 19 April 2019 via National Library of Australia.
  3. Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper; Entertainment Guide section; 20/06/1995; Page 12