Peacemakers (TV series)
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Peacemakers is an American
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 crime fiction
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 television series about forensic science in the Old West
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. It was filmed in Vancouver
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 in British Columbia
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, Canada
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. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on the USA Network
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. The show was cancelled after one season of nine episodes.

Plot

This very interesting show is basically like an old west CSI. Dealing with the use of forensics in the 1880s. The show centers around town marshall Jared Stone played by Tom Berenger and his detective Larimer Finch played by Peter O'Meara. Amy Carlson plays Katie Owen also one of the central characters, is the town's undertaker/mortician.

Main cast

  • Colby Johannson as Chipper Dunn
  • Amy Carlson
    Amy Carlson
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     as Katie Owen
  • Bellamy Young
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     as Twyla Gentry
  • Bob Gunton
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     as Mayor Smith
  • Barbara Tyson
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     as Luci Prescott
  • Jim Shield as Jake Freeman
  • Anthony Ulc as Vic Simmons
  • Matthew Bennett
    Matthew Bennett
    Matthew Ray Bennett is a Canadian actor, writer and director. At the age of 20 he moved from his hometown of Toronto, Ontario to Vancouver, British Columbia to pursue an acting career...

     as Steward Harrison
  • Peter O'Meara as Detective Larimer Finch
  • Tom Berenger
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     as Marshall Jared Stone
  • Greg Cipes
    Greg Cipes
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     as Will Johnston
Note: Appeared in all nine episodes

Notable guest stars

  • Duncan Fraser as CW Wentworth
  • Gabrielle Rose as Kathryn Wentworth
  • Jonathan Scarfe
    Jonathan Scarfe
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    as Dean Wilder
  • Neil Maffin as Christopher Hamilton
  • Anthony Harrison as Officer Hardy
  • Marcus Hondro as Babbles
  • Dahlia Salem as Sabrina Hamilton
  • Damon Johnson as Pete
  • Steven Rudy as Telegraph Operator
  • Colton Schock as Frank

Episode list

Season one:
  1. Peacemakers (pilot)07/30/2003
  2. 29 Seconds 08/06/2003
  3. No Excuse 08/13/2003
  4. Dead To Rights 08/20/2003
  5. Legend of the Gun 09/10/2003
  6. The Perfect Crime 09/17/2003
  7. The Witness 09/24/2003
  8. Bad Company 10/01/2003
  9. A Town Without Pity 10/08/2003

Awards

  • Nominated for a 2004 Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for "Best Cinematography in TV Drama".
  • Won the 2004 "Bronze Wrangler" Western Heritage Award for "Outstanding Factual or Fictional Drama".
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