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Adaptation of
Razor : A True Story of Slashers, Gangsters, Prostitutes and Sly Grog
2001
single work
non-fiction
Issue Details:
First known date:
2011...
2011
Underbelly : Razor
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Film Details - Screentime ; Nine Network , 2011
Producers:
Des Monaghan, Greg Haddrick, and Jo Horsburgh (executive producers).
Peter Gawler and Eliza Argenzio (producers).
Production Companies:
Screentime.
Director of Photography:
Mark Wareham and Marc Spicer.
Music:
Burkhard Dallwitz.
Cast:
Including Danielle Cormack (Kate Leigh), Chelsie Preston Crayford (Tilly Devine), Anna McGahan (Nellie Cameron), Jack Campbell ('Big Jim' Devine), John Batchelor (Wally Tomlinson), Khan Chittenden (Frank 'The Little Gunman' Green), Richard Brancatisano (Guido Calletti), Craig Hall (Detective Inspector Bill Mackay), Lucy Wigmore (Lillian May Armfield), Steve Le Marquand (Sergeant Tom Wickham)
Release Dates:
First episode screened on 21 August 2011.
Location:
- Sydney, in the 1920s.
Awards:
- AFI Award, Best Performance in a Television Drama (nominated), 2012.
- Logie Award, Most Popular Actress (nomination for Danielle Cormack), 2012.
- Logie Award, Most Popular New Female Talent (Nomination, for Anna McGahan), 2012.
- Logie Award, Most Popular New Female Talent (nomination, for Chelsea Preston Crayford), 2012.
- Logie Award, Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent (nomination, for Anna McGahan), 2012.
- Logie Award, Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent (win, for Chelsea Preston Crayford), 2012.
- Screen Music Award, Best Soundtrack Album (nomination), 2012.
- Screen Music Award, Best Music for a Television Series or Serial (win), 2012.
Notes:
List of episodes:
1. The Worst Woman in Sydney (Peter Gawler)
2. Whips & Scorpions (Peter Gawler)
3. Cat Amongst the Pigeons (Felicity Packard)
4. The Damage Done (Felicity Packard)
5. The Darlinghurst Outrage (Michaeley O'Brien)
6. Blood Alley (Michaeley O'Brien)
7. Tripe and Brains (Jeff Truman)
8. A Big Shivoo (Jeff Truman)
9. The Crash (Michaeley O'Brien)
10. The Sentimental Bloke (Felicity Packard)
11. Jerusalem Revisited (Jeff Truman)
12. Big Moves (Michaeley O'Brien)
13. Armageddon (Felicity Packard)
1. The Worst Woman in Sydney (Peter Gawler)
2. Whips & Scorpions (Peter Gawler)
3. Cat Amongst the Pigeons (Felicity Packard)
4. The Damage Done (Felicity Packard)
5. The Darlinghurst Outrage (Michaeley O'Brien)
6. Blood Alley (Michaeley O'Brien)
7. Tripe and Brains (Jeff Truman)
8. A Big Shivoo (Jeff Truman)
9. The Crash (Michaeley O'Brien)
10. The Sentimental Bloke (Felicity Packard)
11. Jerusalem Revisited (Jeff Truman)
12. Big Moves (Michaeley O'Brien)
13. Armageddon (Felicity Packard)
Settings:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
