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.
Chad Allen
Donald Strachey
Sebastian Spence
Tim Callahan
Nelson Wong
Kenny Kwon
Brittney Wilson
Lilah
Sebastien Roberts
Frank Zaillian
Daryl Shuttleworth
Detective Bailey
Sherry Miller
Joan Lenigan
Myron Natwick
Brian Lenigan
Adrian Holmes
Somerville
Jason Poulsen
Jake Lenigan
P. Lynn Johnson
Senator Lauren Platt
Taras Kostyuk
Gordon Tipple
Alfonso Quijada
Spencer Maybee
Christian Tessier
Michael Jonsson
Chantal Forde
Reese Alexander
Joe Dall'Antonia
Ulla Friis
Director
Ron Oliver
Story
Richard Stevenson
Writer
Ron McGee
June 22, 2024
6
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....