Pokerface (miniseries)
| Pokerface | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Bill Garner Peter Corris |
| Directed by | Richard Sarell |
| Starring | Bruno Lawrence Jo Kennedy |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 3 x 1 hour |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 9 October – 23 October 1986 |
Pokerface is a 1986 miniseries about a former journalist who works as an undercover agent for Australia's secret service.[1]
Bill Garner was friends with Peter Corris. Garner arranged for the ABC to commission an espionage mini series and he wrote it with Corris. Corris recalled, "it was bloody good. Bruno Lawrence... was terrific, very tough guy. So we did that and then I novelised our script, Penguin published it, it did well, and that kicked off the Crawly series. Bill would provide the basic idea, they were set in different places. They [the books] started really well but failed badly."[2]
Cast
[edit]- Bruno Lawrence as Ray 'Creepy' Crawley
- Jo Kennedy as Roxy
- Nigel Bradshaw aa Campion
- Tim Robertson as Huck
- Richard Moss as Miles
- Paul Mason as Snow
- Melita Jurisic as Lou
- Maud Clark as Steph
References
[edit]- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p223
- ^ Nette, Andrew (September 2013). "A sit down with the Godfather: an interview with Peter Corris". Pulp Curry. republished 1 September 2018, originally published in Crime Journal
External links
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