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

Sandy

I remember watching this late night in college, along with that vampire-cop show, FOREVER KNIGHT.

But there was something odd about SWEATING BULLETS that I could never quite put my finger on. The show was set in Florida, but it didn't look like Florida. It was much... sandier. There seemed to be a whole lot of beach, but not much ocean. And the foliage also seemed strange for Florida.

Later I found out that apparently the show started out being filmed in Mexico, but later seasons were filmed in Israel!

Mystery solved!