Janus
Janus is a drama television set screened in 1994 and 1995 to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Two series are made, with an overall total of 26 episodes.
Janus was a spin-off series from the earlier crime series Phoenix.
Loosely based on the real story of Melbourne's Pettingill family and also the Walsh Street police shootings,'' Janus follows the bitterly-fought prosecutions of a notorious criminal family, '' the Hennesseys, from the views of the family, both the authorities and, particularly, the lawyers, prosecutors, barristers and judges involved in all elements of the story.
When the show begins, four associates of those Hennessey clan are acquitted of the shooting of two young policemen at a bank heist. Since brothers Mal and Steve, together with friend Ken Hardy and brother in law Darren Mack, walk free the town of Melbourne is shocked.
When they can the prosecutors, judges, magistrates and authorities -- most modelled heavily on legal statistics -- have been determined to put the Hennessey members. But flaws , legal loopholes, corruption, and stretched resources unite to create the search away from straightforward the group to jail.
Released: 1994-09-01
Genre:
Drama