Duarte & C.a Online
An entertaining and comical detective series featuring over-the-top stories, spectacular chase scenes, and hilarious villains.
| Series cast summary: | |||
 | Rui Mendes | - | Duarte 37 episodes, 1985-1989 |
| António Assunção | - | Tó 37 episodes, 1985-1989 |
| Paula Mora | - | Joaninha 37 episodes, 1985-1989 |
| António Rocha | - | Rocha 33 episodes, 1985-1988 |
| Luís Vicente | - | Átila 33 episodes, 1985-1989 |
| Guilherme Filipe | - | Lucifer 31 episodes, 1985-1988 |
| Alberto Quaresma | - | Albertini 29 episodes, 1985-1989 |
| Constantino Guimarães | - | Tino 28 episodes, 1986-1988 |
| Frederico Chiong | - | Chinês 28 episodes, 1985-1989 |
| Ema Paul | - | Emma 26 episodes, 1985-1988 |
| Fernanda Coimbra | - | Mother in Law 25 episodes, 1986-1988 |
| Canto e Castro | - | Professor Ventura 24 episodes, 1985-1988 |
| Miguel Ângelo | - | Miguel 18 episodes, 1985-1989 |
| Luís Alberto | - | Luís / - 17 episodes, 1985-1989 |
| Eduardo Coelho | 15 episodes, 1985-1988 | |
initially only meant to be a six-part mini series, but became a huge success that spanned five seasons from 1985 to 1991
One of the first Portuguese TV Series to be filmed on film stock.
Filmed with a low budget of around $2,500 per episode.
Rogério Ceitil was the main member of the staff behind the project, often doing a variety of jobs besides directing and writing, so that the episodes could be broadcast on schedule.
Each 50-minutes episode was filmed in five days.
Most characters never change clothes for the most part of the series. It is rumored that the clothes were provided by the actors themselves.
Rui Mendes explained there was no trick with the car walking by himself, there was a stuntman hidden in the driver seat, and he calculated the track and obstacles without seeing the way.
Lucifer's real name is Luciano Ferreira.
The real name of Chinês is mentioned at least once: Chiong. Almost every henchman have the same name of the actor that plays him, only the leaders differ i.e. Lucifer and Àtila.
There was really a small explosion under Lucifer's chair, and the cast said that after that, it was impossible to work with Luis Vicent because they couldn't stop laughing.
Rui Mendes once said that the series was conditioned by the fact that Fernanda Coimbra at around 18h30 had to be driven to an old people's home, and in some scenes she was nervous about the possibility of arriving late, and therefore the possibility of the people in the home not letting her enter.
Rogério Ceitil liked Zé Gato (1979)'s last episode so much (in which Rui Mendes participated), that he decided to join Mendes and António Assunção again. The last episode of Zé Gato, wich was full of gags, was the kick start of Duarte & Companhia.
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