Good Guys, Bad Guys
Good Guys, Bad Guys is 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 and Reuben Zeus who has Tourette syndrome.
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 (band)|The Cruel Sea], Rebecca's Empire and The Mavis's among others.
Cast
Main
- Marcus Graham as Elvis Maginnis
- Alison Whyte as Stella Kinsella
- Travis McMahon as Reuben Zeus
Guests
- Alan Hopgood as Judge Moody
- Anna Lise Phillips as Emily Costello
- Annie Jones as Veronica Flaherty
- Ben Mendelsohn as Brian O'Malley
- Belinda Giblin as Loretta Monk
- Brett Swain as Baxter
- Bruce Spence as Squirt Man
- Claudia Black as Jill Mayhew
- Christopher Mayer as Declan
- Damien Fotiou as Johnny Lubich
- Denise Scott as Waitress
- Dennis Miller as Rufus King
- Frankie J. Holden as Sgt Brann
- Gemma Bishop as Laura
- Gerald Lepkowski as Tierney
- Grant Piro as Gavin 'The Goat' La Rousse
- Greg Stone as Steve Mason
- Ian Bliss as Keith McLeod
- Jack Finsterer as Christie Maginnis
- Jane Hall as Allie Andrews
- John O'May as Tyrone O'Keefe
- John McTernan as Chief Commissioner Fuller
- John Waters as Oscar Drake
- Kristian Schmid as Jimmy Costello
- Lenita Vangellis as Anna Bitta
- Lesley Baker as Rose / Ms Pinney
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Marshall Dobbs
- Lisa Hensley as Dorothy O'Malley
- Louise Siversen as Shannon Blightie
- Magda Szubanski as Bella Bouvier
- Mary Coustas as Madonna Kapello
- Martin Copping as Porter
- Matthew Newton as Casper Moody
- Mike Bishop as Frank Little
- Nadine Garner as Jinx
- Nicholas Bell as Dennis
- Norman Hancock
- Norman Kaye as Roly Finster
- Peta Brady as Susie Crake
- Petra Yared as Taylor
- Red Symons
- Robert Mammone as Cosimo
- Roger Oakley as Ron 'Maddog' Morello
- Samuel Johnson as Dermott Maginnis
- Shane Connor as Bianco
- Sonia Todd as Wendy Johnson
- Sophie Lee as Amy
- Stefan Dennis as Andy Caesar
- Tammy MacIntosh as Holly Swift
- Tracy Mann as Brenda Wick
- Troy Beckwith as Smithy
- Vince Colosimo as Zoran
- Zoe Carides as Skye Rinker
Awards
International broadcasts
In 1997 and 1998, the series was shown on Russian television channels TV Tsentr and Stolitsa.Home media
In 2007 Force Australia released season one of Good Guys, Bad Guys on DVD. Then Force Australia stopped operating and was taken over by Beyond Home Entertainment who released season two of Good Guys, Bad Guys on DVD in September 2007.| DVD name | Format | Ep # | Discs | Region 4 | Special features | Distributors |
| Good Guys, Bad Guys | DVD | 13 | 4 | 18 April 2007 | - | Force Australia |
| Good Guys, Bad Guys | DVD | 13 | 4 | 12 September 2007 | - | Beyond Home Entertainment |
| Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Complete Collection | DVD | 26 | 8 | 4 September 2013 | - | |
| Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Complete Collection | DVD | 26 | 8 | 20 April 2016 | - | Beyond Home Entertainment |
| Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Complete Series | DVD | 26 | 8 | 15 September 2021 | - | Via Vision Entertainment |