The Clean Machine
The Clean Machine is a 1988 Australian tele movie about police corruption starring Steve Bisley.
It was one of four telemovies made by Kennedy Miller around this time.
| The Clean Machine | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ken Cameron |
| Written by | Ken Cameron Terry Hayes Richard Mortlock |
| Produced by | Terry Hayes Doug Mitchell George Miller |
| Starring | Steve Bisley Grigor Taylor Ed Devereaux |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Network Ten |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Plot
Inspector Eddie Riordan is appointed to head a new anti-corruption squad.
Cast
- Steve Bisley as Inspector Eddie Riordan
- Grigor Taylor as Detective Sgt. Warren Davis
- Ed Devereaux
- Tim Robertson
- Peter Kowitz as Stewart Byrne
- Sandy Gore as Marcia Irving
- Marshall Napier as Keith Reid
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.
Cameron did say doing the film revived his career after the box office failure of The Umbrella Woman.
Reception
Bisley won the Best Actor in a One-off Drama accolade at the 1988 Penguin Awards.
References
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