''Super Sleuth'' is a 1984 Australian television film directed by David Wilson and starring

Carmen Duncan Carmen Joan Duncan (7 July 1942 – 3 February 2019) was an Australian-born stage and screen actress and activist, with a career locally and internationally in the United States that spanned over 50 years. She was nominated for the AFI Award ...

Steven Grives Steven Grives is an English actor based in Australia. Grives made his debut at age 14 on stage at Drury Lane. He went on to feature in '' The Sandbaggers'' before getting a lead role in '' Flambards''. After featuring in '' The Ravelled T ...

, Patrick Ward, and

John Ewart John Reford Ewart (26 February 1928 – 8 March 1994) was an Australian actor of radio, stage, television and film. Ewart was a double nominee (and one/time winner) of the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Early life Ewart was ...

. The screenplay concerns a group of people gathered in a secluded house murdered by a mysterious killer.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p149 The cast did not know the identity of the killer until they filmed the final segment. It was based on a concept created by Bill Powell. The Sydney Morning Herald's Richard Coleman gave it a bad review stating "The makers of Super Sleuth obviously thought that by making it a spoof they didn't have to worry about the terrible script, hammy acting and bad production. They were right. It was beyond worrying about."

Cast

as Margaret Little *

as Thomas Barker * Patrick Ward as Oswald McKinnon *

as Steven Weatherley *

James Condon James Thomas Condon (27 September 1923 – 14 February 2014) was an Australian pioneering actor of early radio and television, a theatre performer and scriptwriter and voice over and soldier, he was best known for his numerous television roles ...

as Dennis Powell * James Healey as James Harrison *

Elaine Lee Elaine Lee is an American actress, playwright, producer, and writer, who specializes in Comic book, graphic novels. She has also received recognition and awards for her work as a creator and producer of audio books and dramas. Her comics have b ...

as Harriet Barker * Allan Penney as Douglas Hegecliff * Susan Stenmark as Susan Mountjoy * Megan Williams as Roberta Collins * Sally Tayler as Sarah Clarke

References

External links

* Australian television films 1984 television films 1984 films 1980s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub