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Blue Murder (mini-series)
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| Blue Murder | |
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| Format | Drama |
| Starring | Richard Roxburgh Tony Martin Steve Bastoni Bill Hunter |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1.5 hours (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | 14 September 1995 & 21 September 1995 – |
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| IMDb profile | |
Blue Murder is a two-part Australian television miniseries based on actual events produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1995. Given its confronting content, the DVD release was classified MA 15+.
Set in the 1970s and 1980s in Sydney, the miniseries concerns the relationship between corrupt former detective Roger Rogerson and notorious criminal Arthur "Neddy" Smith. Rogerson and his colleagues give Smith the "green light" to commit crimes without police interference, but the relationship begins to fray when Rogerson orders hitman Christopher Dale Flannery to kill another policeman, Michael Drury. The murder of prostitute Sallie-Anne Huckstepp also features.
Blue Murder is narrated by the characters of Rogerson, Smith and Drury and sheds some light—although not without the help of some artistic licence—on the corruption plaguing the NSW Police Force at the time. Rogerson and Smith achieved a kind of celebrity during the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption.
The screenplay was written by Ian David who has written extensively on the people and events featured. The miniseries was directed by Michael Jenkins and produced by Rod Allan.
- Richard Roxburgh as Roger Rogerson
- Tony Martin as Arthur "Neddy" Smith
- Steve Bastoni as Michael Drury
- Gary Day as Bill Crofton
- Steve Jacobs as Mal Rivers
- Peter Phelps as "Abo" Henry
- Marcus Graham as Alan Williams
- Alex Dimitriades as Warren Lanfranchi
- Bill Hunter as Angus McDonald
- Gary Sweet as Christopher Dale Flannery
- Loene Carmen as Sallie-Anne Huckstepp