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Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery

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America's favorite gay private investigator, Donald Strachey, takes on the most complicated case of his career. After his long-time partner, Tim, asks him to uncover the source of an anonymous and generous donation to the Albany youth center, he gets caught in a whirlwind of deceit and danger.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2008-10-12

Runtime: 85 mins

Director: Ron Oliver

Writer: Ron McGee

Spoken language: English

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Original title: Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Production Companies: Blue Productions, Shavick Entertainment, Here! Films

Production Countries: United States of America, Canada

Reviews

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Geronimo1967
Chad Allen brings a little charm to this, certainly the best of the pretty mediocre four film adaptations of the "Donald Strachey" PI investigations. This one sees him investigate when boyfriend "Tim" (Sebastian Spence) finds himself embroiled in a mystery surrounding a large bequest for his "safe zone" which all goes a bit south when a murder occurs. The original story covers a surprisingly varied series of topics - in a largely superficial fashion - including loyalty, obsession and child welfare issues which this effort makes a decent fist of as it rumbles along, but there is precisely zero chemistry between the two stars and the ending is a bit lacklustre. It's just about worth a watch, but only just....
2024-06-22

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