The Magistrate (miniseries)

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The Magistrate
Written byChris Warner
Directed byKathy Mueller
Starring Franco Nero
Catherine Wilkin
Julia Blake
Steve Bastoni
Country of originAustralia
Italy
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6 x 1 hour
Production
ProducersKim Dalton
Chris Warner
Original release
Release15 November 1989 (1989-11-15)

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