Butch Patterson: Private Dick (1999– )

Stars:

Greg Lawrence, Alanis Peart, Deborah Hartnett

Cast

Series cast summary:
Greg Lawrence	...	Butch Patterson (8 episodes, 2000-2001)
Alanis Peart	...	Mona DiPesto (7 episodes, 2000)
Deborah Hartnett	...	Ingrid (4 episodes, 2000)
Sweeney MacArthur	...	Jerry (4 episodes, 2000)
Deborah Hartnett Loomer	...	Ingrid (3 episodes, 2000)
Thelma Farmer	...	Madam (2 episodes, 2000-2001)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

femme fatale | vulgarity | alcoholism | private detective | character name in title

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 February 1999 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Comedy Network, Comedy Network, The, Ocnus Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Brilliant Film Noir Naive Parody

You'll hate it or love it. Entirely self effacing main character with no scruples beyond getting drunk and getting laid. Lawrence's dialogue is brilliantly obscene and the main focus of a show with the most threadbare of plots. Whenever you start to empathize with Butchy, Lawrence takes it away by plumbing even greater depths of debasement and depravity. The other characters are cartoonish except perhaps Blanche, but the show works. Don't expect great season enders, as the entire series is a merely vehicle for Lawrence's brilliant humour. Show ran for three seasons with at least a dozen episodes each. Pretty good for Canadian fare, you'll walk away or laugh and pour yourself a drink.