Plot
Inspector Eddie Riordan is appointed to head a new anti-corruption squad.Production
The director was Ken Cameron:They asked me did I want to make it on 35mm. Now, I've always wondered whether I made a big mistake by not doing it on 35mm. But I don't think it would have been a success in the cinema. It wouldn't have had the density that it had on television. In terms of big screen, I could not have had the production values; the money wouldn't have stretched that far. So I don't know. There's a turning point. You never know what these turning points mean. But I knew one of the factors was that we didn't have Mel Gibson in the lead. I think Steve's terrific in it, but to release it as a movie in that genre, you almost needed Mel or a star."Interview with Ken Cameron", ''Signet'', 12 April 1996Cameron did say doing the film revived his career after the box office failure of ''
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Reception
Bisley won the Best Actor in a One-off Drama accolade at the 1988References
External links
* Australian television films 1988 films Films produced by Doug Mitchell Films directed by Ken Cameron 1980s English-language films 1980s Australian films {{1980s-Australia-film-stub