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Well-known actors in ABC TV’s ‘The Broken Shore’
by Kim Bassett 15 January 2014
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he Australian telemovie The Broken Shore screens on Sunday, February 2, 8.30pm on ABC1. Based on the novel from Australia’s finest crime writer, Peter Temple, The Broken Shore is an evocative crime thriller set against a background of police corruption, racism and family tragedy. Detective Joe Cashin (Don Hany) has returned to the coastal village of Port Monro where he grew up. Broken in both body and spirit as Wayne Blair is Bobby Walshe. All images supplied
a result of a botched homicide raid in Melbourne, Cashin and junior police officer Kendall Rodgers (Marni Johnston) run the local cop shop. Not everyone is pleased to see Cashin back. His mother, Sybil (Noni Hazlehurst), wants Joe to leave immediately, before the dark cloud of his father’s death overwhelms him. Joe’s new neighbour, Helen Castleman (Claudia Karvan), also stirs up memories. Thirty years ago she planted a summer kiss on Joe that still lingers. When Helen accuses him of putting up illegal fences, desire and attraction are laced with hostility.
When well-heeled philanthropist Charles Bourgoyne (Ralph Cotterill) is brutally bashed and robbed in his home, Joe’s investigation uncovers a cycle of lies, betrayal and systematic corruption in a community where tensions over race, class and politics are at boiling point. Capturing the chilling action and laconic wit of Peter Temple’s internationally acclaimed novel, this television adaptation filmed against a rugged coastline brings alive the novel’s cast of complex characters as it slowly reveals the shocking face behind a community’s respectable mask.
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Also stars Anthony Hayes, Catherine McClements, Erik Thomson, Tony Briggs, Dan Wyllie, Robyn Nevin, Meyne Wyatt, Dan Hamill, Bruce R Carter,
Wayne Blair, Jim Russell. Adapted by Andrew Knight. Produced by Ian Collie and Andrew Knight. Directed by Rowan Woods. ABC TV Executive Producers:
Tony Briggs is Detective Sergeant Paul Dove Dove calls himself the token ‘coconut’: brown on the outside and white on the inside. The joke is his defence – he figures he might as well beat everyone else to the punch. He finds himself in Cromarty as the Police Aboriginal Liaison Officer. Surprisingly he seems to have little sympathy for the local boys or their community but the truth is he is sick of being dragged out to holes like ‘The Daunt’ to defend kids who probably did what they were accused of, or worse. He’s seen it all too often. Dove picks his
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Carole Sklan and Chris Gist. An Essential Media & Entertainment production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Film Victoria.
fights. Years of clashing with racists in the Force, like Hopgood and his men, has taught him that much. But Joe challenges him to think like a homicide cop, not a black cop, to solve this case. Tony Briggs works as an actor in theatre, film and television. His writing credits include the highly-acclaimed and multi-awarding winning feature film The Sapphires. He appeared in the acclaimed series The Slap and The Circuit. Tony recently completed filming the Australian feature film Healing. His other feature film credits include Bran Nue Day, Australian Rules, On the Nose, Joey and The Life of Harry.