Lauren Lee Smith
Frankie Drake
Series
Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her into all kinds of trouble, but she always manages to find her way out.
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Season guide
11 episodes available
Frankie is forced to partner with an unlikely ally when she’s the number one suspect in a jewellery heist.
Frankie and Trudy are hired by a factory owner to root out communists at his plant, but things soon take an explosive turn.
When a body turns up in the luggage of a young man, Frankie and Trudy must join forces with reporter Ernest Hemingway to clear his name.
On screen
Frankie Drake
Trudy Clarke
Mary Shaw
Flo Chakowitz
Alessandro Contento
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When Trudy gives shelter to a faith-healing preacher’s daughter, she and Frankie find themselves investigating Toronto’s Jazz scene.