Sweating Bullets (1991–1993)

Nick Slaughter, an ex-RCMP and DEA agent, who had dropped out of society after being fired from his job, relocates to the Florida town of Key Mariah to start a detective service. In the ... See full summary »

Creator:

Sam Egan

Stars:

Rob Stewart, Carolyn Dunn, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Rob Stewart	...	Nick Slaughter (73 episodes, 1991-1993)
Carolyn Dunn	...	Sylvie Girard (73 episodes, 1991-1993)
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	Lt. Carillo (71 episodes, 1991-1993)
Ian Tracey	...	Spider Garvin (40 episodes, 1992-1993)
John David Bland	...	Ian Stewart (38 episodes, 1991-1993)

Storyline

Nick Slaughter, an ex-RCMP and DEA agent, who had dropped out of society after being fired from his job, relocates to the Florida town of Key Mariah to start a detective service. In the process he meets Sylvie Gerard, a local travel agent. Together they form a strong partnership and quite the detective team. However, the local police squad never made it easy so they often require help from their friends: Ian, Spider (owners of the Tropical Heat Bar at different times) and Rollie (local police mortician). The Town of Key Mariah will never be the same again thanks to Nick Slaughter and company.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | travel agent | bar | florida | detective agency | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 April 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tropical Heat

Filming Locations:

Eilat, Israel

Company Credits

Production Co:

IO International, SafriTel

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (66 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Serbia, the series enjoys a cult status to this day. The main reasons behind this are the UN sanctions against Serbia in the early 1990s (which prevented the airing of major films and TV shows) and the show's setting in tropical abundance (which highly contrasted the everyday poverty in Serbia at the time). In fact, the show was originally aired under the title "Detektiv u raju", meaning "A Detective in Paradise".

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Connections

Followed by Criss Cross (2001)

User Reviews

Sweating Bullets aka Topical Heat on DVD

I watched the show when it was on after prime time and thought it was a great show.

I was disappointed when it was canceled it still had a long way to go for more seasons.

Rob Stewart is a great actor and this was really his true calling.

The characters of Nick and Sylvie had a chemistry and if the show went longer we might have seen it.

Recently a journalist had a interview with Rob and asked about a movie or maybe a comeback of the series today.

It could be possible hopefully it would be great to see it again.

I have all three seasons on DVD and love to watch them.

Rob is now doing a mini series The Summit being released 3/12/2008.

It says only Canada now but I emailed a few people to see if it would also be released in the USA.

I have see a number of TV shows and movies Rob has done and he was great in all of them.

Some were against his normal character like Nick but he still did great.

His character on Sweating Bullets he said was made for him.

Thr producers wife saw his audition and told her husband to hire him.

It was a good thing he fit the part great.

Hopefully we will see more of Rob Stewart in a lead role again on a TV series.

Or he can actually replace a lead character on a show looking for a new lead that is already popular.

He should have been offered the part on Criminal Minds he would have got more people to watch.

He is a great looking actor that needs more lead roles.

He now lives in Toronto Ontario Canada for the acting roles that his agent gets for him.

It is up to him if he wants the part or not.

Some of his choices are not the main lead in which he should accept.