The glamorous Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), accompanied by her maid Dot, decide to travel to the country by train to collect her new Hispano-Suiza motor car.The charm of rail travel soon evaporates though, when Phryne unexpectedly has to use her trusty pearl-handled pistol to save a young woman’s life and solve the disappearance of her fellow passenger’s mother. Her train trip derailed by a gruesome murder, Phryne speeds home in her Hispano-Suiza to her new abode in St Kilda where she works through the clues until she discovers her unassuming murderer. [Source: Every Cloud Productions]
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ACMI Identifier
B2003082
Language
English
Audience classifications
M (15+)
Mediatheque - not for children (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Adaptations → Television adaptations
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroad trains
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Australia
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Detective and mystery films
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Murder
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Mystery
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Feminism
History → Women's clothing - History
Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations
Television → Television series
Television → Television series → Television series - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation