Good Guys, Bad Guys

Good Guys, Bad Guys was 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 (Alison Whyte, of the ABC current affairs satire series Frontline) and 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 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, Rebecca's Empire and The Mavis's among others.

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

• Alan Hopgood as Judge Moody
• Anna Lise Phillips as Emily Costello
• Annie Jones as Veronica Flaherty
• Ben Mendelsohn as Brian O'Malley (1 episode)
• Belinda Giblin as Loretta Monk
• Brett Swain as Baxter (2 episodes)
• Bruce Spence as Squirt Man
• Claudia Black as Jill Mayhew
• Christopher Mayer as Declan
• Denise Scott as Waitress (1 episode)
• Dennis Miller as Rufus King
• Frankie J. Holden as Sgt Brann
• Grant Piro as Gavin 'The Goat' La Rousse
• Greg Stone as Steve Mason (1 episode)
• Jack Finsterer as Christie Maginnis (1 episode)
• Jane Hall as Allie Andrews
• John McTernan as Chief Commissioner Fuller
• John Waters as Oscar Drake
• Lenita Vangellis as Anna Bitta (1 episode)
• Lesley Baker as Rose / Ms Pinney (2 episodes)
• Lisa Hensley as Dorothy O'Malley (1 episode)
• Louise Siversen as Shannon Blightie (1 episode)
• Magda Szubanski as Bella Bouvier
• Mary Coustas as Madonna Kapello
• Martin Copping as Porter
• Matthew Newton as Casper Moody
• Nadine Garner as Jinx (pilot episode)
• Nicholas Bell as Dennis
• Norman Hancock
• Petra Yared as Taylor
• Red Symons
• Robert Mammone as Cosimo (1 episode)
• Roger Oakley as Ron 'Maddog' Morello
• Samuel Johnson as Dermott Maginnis (5 episodes)
• Sonia Todd as Wendy Johnson
• Sophie Lee as Amy (pilot episode)
• Stefan Dennis as Andy Caesar (1 episode)
• Tammy MacIntosh as Holly Swift
• Tracy Mann as Brenda Wick (1 episode)
• Troy Beckwith as Smithy
• Vince Colosimo as Zoran
• Zoe Carides as Skye Rinker

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.

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

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.

• List of Australian television series

• Good Guys, Bad Guys^{[permanent dead link]} at the National Film and Sound Archive
• Good Guys, Bad Guys at Australian Screen Online