Good Guys, Bad Guys | |
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Genre | Mystery |
Created by | Roger Simpson |
Written by | Jon Stephens |
Starring | Marcus Graham Travis McMahon Alison Whyte |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Production locations | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | Beyond International Group |
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Network | Nine Network |
Release | 30 March 1997 23 June 1998 | –
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Good Guys, Bad Guys was an Australian comedy/drama TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a telemovie and twenty-six episodes produced. The crime-themed show was set in Melbourne.
The program and its lead character Elvis Maginnis were written for Marcus Graham, a former star of the soap opera E Street (TV series). Maginnis is disgraced former cop, tainted by his criminal family and framed for corruption. Elvis owns "K for Kleen" drycleaning, managed by Stella Kinsella (Alison Whyte, of the ABC current affairs satire series Frontline) and Reuben Zeus who has Tourette syndrome (Travis McMahon, most recently of Last Man Standing).
Elvis's attempts at a straight life are constantly compromised by the demands of his eccentric family, while Stella's attempts at making "K-for-Kleen" turn a profit are frustrated by Elvis's soft heart.
The program was filmed in Melbourne, predominantly around the inner-city "bohemian" suburbs of St. Kilda, Fitzroy and Carlton. The film style incorporated local colour - Melbourne trams, landmarks like Smith Street's Cobra cane furniture shop, and the Builder's Arms Hotel as Elvis's local - and a soundtrack of the then-latest Australian music, matched to the action. The Good Guys, Bad Guys soundtrack CD features Regurgitator, The Fauves, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Whitlams, The Avalanches, Spiderbait, The Cruel Sea, Rebecca's Empire and The Mavis's among others.