Subgenre Sampler
Versace Murder, The (1998)- Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Franco Nero, Steven Bauer - Hackmeister General Golan is at it again with this predictably schlocky treatmenr of the tragic slaying of fashion designer Versace. Franco Nero…
Advocates, The (TV Series) (1997)- Feat. Ewan Stewart, Isla Blair, Rachel Weisz…
- Obscure Scottish legal drama contrasting high powered lawyers with the sleazy underbelly of Edinburgh's streets, and the inevitable merging of the…
Duggan (TV Series) (Death in Paradise, Sins of the Fathers) (1997-1998)- Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. John Bach - Detective inspector John Bach heads up these made–for–TV policiers as a recluse drawn into a murder cases near his Marlborough Sounds…
Full Alert (1997)- Dir. Ringo Lam
Feat. Lau Ching-wan, Francis Ng - Quality police thriller with realistic drama, bracing action and strong sense of locale – regarded as one of the last 'classics' from the…
Insomnia (1997)
- Dir. Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Feat. Stellan Skarsgard - An edgy, ingeniously plotted psychological thriller about an amoral Swedish detective whose murder investigation in Northern Norway (where the sun…
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) (1997)- Feat. John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark…
- A worthwhile British police drama in the tradition of Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE, in which a veteran detective Inspector Barnaby (Nettles) and his…
Homicide - The Movie (1996)- Dir. Jean De Segonzac
Feat. Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer… - A special movie–length episode of the cult TV crime series "Homicide – Life on the Streets", which was probably the grittiest and…
Inspector Wexford Collection, The (TV Mini-series) (1996-2000)- Feat. George Baker, Sadie Frost
- Collection of commended adaptations based on the Ruth Rendell novels and centred on the recurring Rendell character of Inspector Wexford – an…
Silent Witness (TV Series) (1996)- Feat. Amanda Burton, Emilia Fox, William Gaminara
- Acclaimed, long–running BBC forensic series, originally focused around expert pathologist Dr Sam Ryan (Burton). This is darker and more complex…
Water Rats (TV Series) (1996)- Feat. Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Steve Bisley…
- Classic Aussie sea–going crime–fighting police action show from the 90s, somewhat like an antipodean version of Baywatch. Ran for six…
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