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y separately published work icon Singapore Sling series - publisher   thriller   crime  
Alternative title: Asian Connection
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Singapore Sling
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

A series of telemovies about a private investigator working in Singapore.

Notes

  • The initial telemovie was simply titled Singapore Sling. The three later telemovies used 'Singapore Sling' as a prefix title, except in the US, where the prefix title was 'Asian Connection'.

Includes

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form y separately published work icon Singapore Sling Robert Marchand , Australia : Barron Entertainment Multimedia Entertainment Nine Network , 1993 6093494 1993 single work film/TV crime thriller

' A scruffy detective, on the trail of fake perfume makers, meets a past lover on the trail of medicine counterfeiters. Together, they expose the people behind the bogus, deadly drugs.'

Source: National Film and Sound Archive. (Sighted: 27/6/2013)

Australia : Barron Entertainment Multimedia Entertainment Nine Network , 1993
2
form y separately published work icon Singapore Sling : Road to Mandalay Asian Connection : Road to Mandalay Keith Aberdein , Australia : Barron Entertainment Nine Network , 1995 6093694 1995 single work film/TV crime thriller

'Stamford is approached by an old underworld figure now going straight, Y.C. Kung, to find the murderers of his daughter and only grandson. But when his close friend, Internet operative Konrad Woolff, is killed during one of their investigations, Y.C.'s case must take second place. However, finding himself also on someone's hit list, it is not long before Stamford suspects a link between all three murders and finds himself caught up in the scramble for economic power in the New Chinese Hong Kong of post-1997.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 27/6/2013)

Australia : Barron Entertainment Nine Network , 1995
3
form y separately published work icon Singapore Sling : Old Flames Asian Connection : Old Flames Peter Schreck , Australia : Barron Entertainment Nine Network , 1995 6093794 1995 single work film/TV crime thriller

'A famous film director and his crew arrive in town for two weeks of location filming. Stamford is overjoyed to find the leading lady, Francis "Frankie" Lane, is an old flame of his from his stringer days in Cambodia. When the leading man is killed in an apparent stunt-gone-wrong, Stamford's suspicion is aroused. Unfortunately, no-one else suspects murder but him. As he quietly delves into the lives of the film unit, his investigation begins to point firmly in the direction of Frankie and Stamford finds that the 'good old days' are best left in the past.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 27/6/2013)

Australia : Barron Entertainment Nine Network , 1995
4
form y separately published work icon Singapore Sling : Midnight Orchid Asian Connection : Midnight Orchid David Phillips , Australia : Barron Entertainment Nine Network , 1995 6093908 1995 single work film/TV crime thriller

'Stamford and Carla attend the wedding of a longtime friend of Stamford's, Lee Cheng. When the wedding toast is drunk, chaos ensues when an entire table of guests is poisoned. Only four, including Stamford, survive. The six victims are a mixed bunch, from a major industrialist to a gossip columnist. How can you find the murderer when you don't even know who the target was? Stamford works his way through the false leads and learns much about the underside of the lives of the rich and famous before he uncovers the bizarre truth.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 27/6/2013)

Australia : Barron Entertainment Nine Network , 1995

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