Claxon
Created by António Pinho & António Cordeiro

CLAXON was a Portugese private detective whose adventures were related in a -- for the time -- rare original Portugese television series.

Supposedly an attempt to evoke the American detective films of the 30s and 40s, it featured co-creator António Cordeiro as Claxon, a private eye working cases with the help of his secretary Ruby Tuesday,and his buddies Rick Planeta and Bill Bao, a former boxer.

TELEVISION

• CLAXON
  (1990-91, Portugal)
  Six 25-minute episodes
  Color
  Created by António Pinho & António Cordeiro
  Directors: Henry Oliver, António Cordeiro
  Language: Portuguese
  Starring António Cordeiro as CLAXON
  With Margarida Reis as Ruby Tuesday
  

  Ricardo Carriço as Rick Planeta
  Also starring Sofia Sá da Bandeira

• "Episode 1" (1990)
• "Striptease" (1991)
• "O Caso de Justin Case" (1991)
• "Pedras Fatais" (1991)
• "Fim-de-Semana na Pensao Castafiore" (1991)
• "Sangue Sobre Tela" (1991)

Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.

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