Singapore Sling: Midnight Orchid
| Singapore Sling: Midnight Orchid | |
|---|---|
| Based on | an idea by Bevan Lee |
| Written by | David Phillips |
| Directed by | Geoffrey Nottage |
| Starring | John Waters |
| Music by | Mario Millo |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Paul Barron Julie Monton |
| Cinematography | Martin McGrath |
| Editor | Marc van Buuren |
| Running time | 95 min |
| Production company | Barron Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | TCN 9 |
| Release | 14 June 1995 |
Singapore Sling: Midnight Orchid is a 1995 Australian television film about a private eye in Singapore. It is a followup to Singapore Sling and Singapore Sling: Road to Mandalay. John Waters stars as John Stamford who is investigating the poisoning of a table of guests at a wedding. Also featured are Josephine Byrnes and Anthony Valentine.[1][2][3]
Doug Anderson's capsual review in the Sydney Morning Herald said "More your bite-sized tele-drama but one with a rather nasty aftertaste".[4] Brian Courtis in the Sunday Age writes "Trying to work out the storylines for any of Paul Barron's Singapore Sling telemovies has been a little like trying to complete a crossword with half the clues missing"[2] The Age's Simon Hughes criticised the characterisations and writes says "the plot (as you may imagine) is incidental. This is wine cooler parading as a cocktail."[1]
One more TV movies featuring John Stamford followed, Singapore Sling: Old Flames.
Cast
- John Waters as John Stamford
- Josephine Byrnes as Carla Singer
- Simon Bossell as Tony
- Jemma Wilks as Lily Ho
- Khym Lam as Theresa Liu
- John O'Brien as Michael Liu
- Anthony Valentine as Morgan
- Anthony Brandon Wong as Yvette
- Theresa Wong as Lucy Choy
- Monroe Reimers as Feroz