- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Brown
Just when you thought that all variations of the amateur-detective genre had been explored, along comes Miss Phryne Fisher, who sashays through the jazz clubs of 1920s Melbourne, tackling villains with her pearl-handled pistol.
The plot’s hardly revolutionary, but it is worth watching for lead actress Essie Davis, with her sleek bob and killer cheekbones, who runs bad guys to ground with both wit and raunch.
About this programme
1/13. Returning to Melbourne after years abroad, sleuth Miss Phryne Fisher becomes embroiled in a case involving poisoned husbands, cocaine smuggling and illegal abortionists. Australian crime drama set in the 1920s, starring Essie Davis, with Miriam Margolyes.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Phryne Fisher
- Essie Davis
- DI Jack Robinson
- Nathan Page
- Dorothy Williams
- Ashleigh Cummings
- Hugh Collins
- Hugo Johnstone-Burt
- Aunt Prudence
- Miriam Margolyes
- Lydia Andrews
- Miranda Otto
- Dr Mac
- Tammy MacIntosh
- Murdoch Foyle
- Nicholas Bell
Crew
- Director
- Tony Tilse
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