Underbelly Files: Infiltration

Underbelly Files: Infiltration
Genre Crime drama
Directed by Grant Brown
Produced by Peter Gawler
Elisa Argenzio
Written by Graeme Koetsveld
Starring Sullivan Stapleton
Jessica Napier
Tottie Goldsmith
Kassandra Clementi
Valentino del Toro
Buddy Dannoun
Glenda Linscott
Henry Nixon
Country Australia
Language English
Original channel Nine Network
Release date February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)
Preceded by Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer was Here
Followed by Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away
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Underbelly Files: Infiltration is an Australian made-for-television movie that aired on February 14, 2011 on the Nine Network. It is the second of three television movies in the Underbelly Files series, the other two being Tell Them Lucifer was Here and The Man Who Got Away.[1]

It tells the true story of Victorian detective Colin McLaren who posed as a shady art dealer and infiltrated the Australian branch of the Calabrian Mafia.

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Synopsis

Infiltration tells the true story of Victorian detective Colin McLaren who posed as a shady art dealer for 18 months and infiltrated the Australian branch of the Calabrian Mafia. It resulted in the biggest win of his career, seeing 11 of Australia's most villainous Mafiosi sent to prison.[2]

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Ratings

Infiltration aired on February 14, 2011 at 8:30pm and pulled in an audience of 1.113 million viewers which ranked it the #6 rating show for that night.[3][4] However it was down from the previous Underbelly telemovie which pulled in 1.377 million viewers.[5]

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