Good Guys, Bad Guys

1997 – 1998
Ended
Crime · Drama · Mystery
~55m / ep
2 seasons
7.0/10

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 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 and sweetheart 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 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.

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Latest: Season 2 · 1998

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E1. Zen Go the Strings of My Heart
Mar 31, 1998 · 43m
Reuben is in love with Orange, a free spirited artist. While preparing an anniversary surprise for Reuben, Orange witnesses a brutal murder. As soon as Elvis hears what happened, he knows who is involved.
E2. Car Wars
Apr 7, 1998 · 44m
Elvis is in love - again. He's been seeing Carmen Francis, an intelligent, attractive, newly qualified lawyer. However, true love never runs smoothly and soon Maginnis finds himself in a sticky predicament.
E3. Don't Cry for Me Arch 'n Tina
Apr 14, 1998 · 43m
Elvis foists the task of chasing up a dry-cleaning debt onto Stella. When she doesn't turn up for work the next morning, Elvis' task of finding Stella is frustrated by a police Drug Squad who seem to have an interest in her but won't say why.
E4. You Say Ethics, I Say Etics
Apr 21, 1998 · 44m
Father Frank Conroy is standing for local council. There are two other candidates, a local homophobic fruiterer and a clairvoyant. When Father Frank is bashed and left for dead in a laneway, Elvis believes local politics is behind the brutal attack.
E5. Naughty Bits
Apr 28, 1998 · 44m
Reuben meets Jill, and the attraction is electric and mutual. After an attack on Jill leaves the attacker dead, she tells police she had never seen the man before and was acting in self defence, but Elvis isn't so sure.
E6. There's No Business Like Small Business
May 5, 1998 · 45m
Elvis discovers $10,000 in his bank account that he knows isn't his. Thinking that his cousin had repaid an old debt, Elvis lends the money to a friend. Things turn sour when Bobby Boakes, a hapless local identity, turns up wanting the money he had to quickly off-load in Elvis' account.