Good Guys, Bad Guys

Good Guys, Bad Guys
Genre	Mystery
Written by	Jon Stephens
Starring	Marcus Graham Travis McMahon Alison Whyte
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Production location(s)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	Beyond International
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	30 March 1997 – 23 June 1998

Good Guys, Bad Guys was an Australian crime TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a telemovie and twenty-six episodes produced. A comedy/drama set in Melbourne.

The program was written for, and starred, Marcus Graham (former star of soap opera E-Street) as Elvis Maginnis. A disgraced former cop, tainted by his criminal family and framed for corruption, Elvis owns "K for Kleen" drycleaning, managed by the eminently more sensible Stella Kinsella (Alison Whyte, of the ABC current affairs satire series Frontline) and sweetheart 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 penchant for damsels in distress and a hard-luck story. He may not have a white stallion, but Elvis has a beautiful Charger.

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 and The Mavis's among others.

Cast

Main cast

• Marcus Graham - Elvis Maginnis
• Alison Whyte - Stella Kinsella
• Travis McMahon - Reuben Zeus

Guest cast

Good Guys, Bad Guys guest starred many Australian actors, including Zoe Carides, Samuel Johnson, Belinda Giblin, Nadine Garner, Sophie Lee, Vince Colosimo, Annie Jones, Claudia Black, Red Symons, Magda Szubanski, Sonia Todd, Jane Hall, John Waters, Frankie J. Holden, Bruce Spence, John McTernan, Nicholas Bell, Ben Mendelsohn, Norman Hancock, Lisa Hensley and Petra Yared.

Awards

In 1997, the show won 'Best Mini-Series or Telefeature' at the AFI Awards. In 1998, cast member Alison Whyte was nominated for 'Most Outstanding Actress' at the Logie Awards for her role in the show.

International broadcasts

In 1997 and 1998, the series was shown on Russian television channels TV Tsentr and Stolitsa.

See also

• List of Australian television series

External links

• Good Guys, Bad Guys at the National Film and Sound Archive
• Good Guys, Bad Guys at Australian Screen Online