Der unsichtbare Tod
(1994)
Regisseur:
John ReidSchauspieler:
Tony Goldwyn, Kerry Fox, Robert Loggia, Rod Steiger, John Bach, Timothy Balme, Tony Barry, Peter Hambleton, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Michelle Huirama, Desmond Kelly, Martyn Sanderson, Katie Wolfe, Donna Akersten, Jed Brophy, Michael RobinsonMike Starwood (Tony Goldwyn), Captain bei der US-Marine in Neuseeland und gerade von einem Einsatz zurückgekehrt, bekommt den Befehl, den mysteriösen Mord an einem Soldaten aufzuklären, der mit einem Fleischerhaken getötet wurde. Ein Ehering in der Tasche und das Foto eines Mädchens sind Mikes einzige Hinweise in dem Fall. Dann trifft er die Krankenschwester Kelly, mit der er den Mörder sucht.
In 1943, U.S. marines are stationed near Wellington. One of them is murdered by the boss of the Hotel Workers Union, who is sitting pretty, exempt from military service and living it up on black market profits. Girls under the control of the union - of whom the victim's fiancee, Rose, is one - give sexual favours to the Americans, in return for information. The marine assigned to investigate the murder, tries to find Rose through a public health nurse who traces VD infections. However they discover there it more going on than they realized, involving a conspiracy amongst the Union, the government and the U.S. military.
In 1943, U.S. marines are stationed near Wellington. One of them is murdered by the boss of the Hotel Workers Union, who is sitting pretty, exempt from military service and living it up on black market profits. Girls under the control of the union - of whom the victim's fiancee, Rose, is one - give sexual favours to the Americans, in return for information. The marine assigned to investigate the murder, tries to find Rose through a public health nurse who traces VD infections. However they discover there it more going on than they realized, involving a conspiracy amongst the Union, the government and the U.S. military.
