Veronica Clare (Toronto actress Laura Robinson) was a Los Angeles-based private detective who operated out of a smoky art deco jazz club in Chinatown.
The beautiful, elegant private eye looked like she had just stepped out of an old Sam Spade novel and narrated the episodes with a voice like honey over hot coals.
She had a non-violent approach to solving crimes, and if she could avoid using a gun, she would (although she did pack a Walther PPK automatic).
Robert Beltran played Duke Rado, her partner in running the Veronica Jazz Club. Tony Plana was a police lieutenant who had a crush on Veronica, and Christina Pickles co-starred as Kelsey Horne, a former spy who now ran a bookstore and was Veronica’s best friend.
While set in the present day, there were many echoes of Bacall and Bogey, and the 1940s film noir flavour to the stories was a reminder that there were still plenty of eccentric characters in 1990s LA who would fit right in with Raymond Chandler.
The series ran on the Lifetime cable network from 23 July 1991 to 17 September 1991 before being cancelled.
Veronica Clare
Laura Robinson Kelsey Horne
Christina Pickles Duke Rado
Robert Beltran Nicky Swarchek
Tony Plana Sergeant Tweed
Robert Ruth Rocko
Robert Sutton
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