Award-winning actress Essie Davis (The Babadook, The Slap) stars as Miss Phryne Fisher, a glamorous "lady detective" with a flair for fashion and a knack for solving crime. Armed with her pearl-handled revoIver and vivacious charm, Phryne tackles the toughest cases 1920s Melbourne has to offer, to the bemused exasperation of handsome Detective Inspector Jack Robinson (Nathan Page, The Secret Life of Us). Aided by her maid, "Dot" WilIiams (Ashleigh Cummings, Tomorrow, When the War Began), and Constable Hugh CoIlins (Hugo Johnstone-Burt, San Andreas), Phryne sashays through back-aIley jazz clubs and MeIbourne high society, fighting injustice and Ieaving a traiI of admirers in her wake.
Gleaming with period detaiI and high production vaIues, this AustraIian hit sparkles with wit and intrigue. Guest stars in the Series 1-3 CoIIection incIude Miriam MargoIyes (LittIe Dorrit), Miranda Otto (The Lord of the Rings), Nicholas BeII (Shine), John NobIe (Fringe), Vince Colosimo (Janet King), Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (A PIace to CaII Home), and Maeve Dermody (And Then There Were None). |