Sweating Bullets 

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, Ian Tracey

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Rob Stewart	...	Nick Slaughter 66 episodes, 1991-1993
Carolyn Dunn	...	Sylvie Girard 66 episodes, 1991-1993
Ian Tracey	...	Spider Garvin 44 episodes, 1992-1993
Ari Sorko-Ram	...	Sgt. Gregory 41 episodes, 1992-1993
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	Lt. Carillo 29 episodes, 1991-1992
Alon Nashman	...	Rollie / ... 29 episodes, 1992-1993

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:

male objectification | expatriate | detective | travel agent | florida | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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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

The perfect post pub entertainment when I was at university

Everyone would stagger in to our halls' common room still half cut and we'd watch late night music shows, Cinemattractions, weak sitcoms like Herman's Head/Flying Blind and the macabre sci-fi War of the Worlds. But Tropical Heat was by far our favourite, not least because of the array of gorgeous women who would weekly flock around our beloved beachcomber/private eye hero Nick Slaughter (Who is the bikini girl in the opening titles,? Her body is just FABULOUS!). That said I always had a thing for Carolyn Dunn too although I liked her better with straight hair (sadly she seems to have given up acting as of 2009 to become a businesswoman in alternative medicine whilst Rob Stewart and Ian Tracey never seem to have been off TV in the last decade). Never could figure out how Nick was in both the DEA and the Mounties, did he have dual nationality through his parents or something? Also hilarious how the show was supposedly set in the Florida Keys yet was clearly filmed in Mexico/Israel/South Africa, hence why Nick always flew El Al and there were mountains in the background which are sorely lacking on the Gold Coast? Watching the documentary 'Nick Slaughter for President' made me revisit the series, that this lightweight TV show could inspire resistance to the dictatorship in war torn Serbia is just too hilarious for words (a similar occurrence to Kojak being hugely popular in communist Poland because even the gritty crime ridden New York it depicted seemed aspirational to those trapped behind the Iron Curtain). Interesting to see Traci Lords on this show in what must have been her first post-porn role. Also The Avengers' Linda Thorson and The Magnificent 7's/Dirty Dozen's Clint Walker appearing in one ep as does Kenny Everett's buxom comedy foil Cleo Rocos. For my money I far preferred Spider in seasons 2-3 than Ian from season 1, equally Gregory was by far my favourite Key Maria cop. Adding recurring comedy relief such as the over-eager rookie officer and quirky coroner was welcome but the show had largely run its' course by season 3 and probably ended at the right time. Plus of course the theme music was infectiously brilliant! What happened to Nick and Sylvie? I think she eventually got married to Rollie the coroner, bought Nick out and expanded the business, he used the money to buy a half share in the bar and spent his autumn years seducing daddy's girls and playing beloved godparent/Uncle Nick to her kids. Because it would have ruined the legend if Nick Slaughter ever had to grow up. So if you want an undemanding combination of Miami Vice and Magnum PI this show is for you.

Details

Country:

Canada Mexico

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 April 1991 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Sweating Bullets

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

IO International, SafriTel

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (66 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1