Duarte & C.a

Duarte & C.ª follows the misadventures of a small detective agency in Lisbon. Intrepid Duarte is the detective, Tó his sidekick and Joaninha the secretary with a mean punch. Actually, the villains are no match for the women in the series - including Duarte's wife and mother-in-law - and invariably get the crap beaten out of them.

Main villains include Lúcio Ferreira (Lúcifer), who desperately wants to belong to a Mafia franchise in Portugal; demented Átila with the maniacal laugh, my personal favorite back in '85; also not to forget their inept and colorful henchmen - big ugly Rocha, politically incorrect Chinês (always whining that he is in fact Japanese), and many others.

The series in politically incorrect, as one would expect from the 80's (remember British 'Allo 'Allo?) but that is also part of it's charm, as is the overall "Ed Wood-ian" feel - bad acting, low budget, no FX, but clearly all had great fun filming it and we had great fun watching it.

But don't take my word for it. Rent it, buy it, watch it and see for yourselves. Is there a subtitled DVD to take Duarte & C.ª to a non-Portuguese audience? If not, RTP should consider the idea. Portuguese and English subtitles should be enough, other main languages would be added value.

I have almost 22 years, in another words, i've born in 1984. Duarte & Companhia was made in 1985, but my very first memory about myself watching TV, is not watching sesame street or the muppet's show, but watching great series like the knight rider, or the a-team, and... Duarte & Companhia!!!

This series passed on TV for years... it's an awesome series, and i would love it if some producer decided to make a remake of this series, or even a movie!... Just watch it!! P.S. - This series is also known here in Portugal as the Portuguese Knightrider! (but with a very very low budget!!)

This show was really cool. The good guys and their funny red car ( I personally think that it's the series trademark. every time I saw one of those I would comment it has being Duarte's car .. ), the mad guys, the jokes, the stories, everything.

A really good detective show.

And the cast is composed by some the greatest portuguese actors ever..

Pitty that now they don't make shows in Portugal like these. We have to 'import' all the good stuff.

If you talk/understand portuguese, you got to get a way to see this show. It's really good..

And if you like this one, you probably like Claxon ( 1990 ) also.

Well, the first thing that i remember from this tv series are the characters... funny stereotypes !!! The good guys ( two of them and the lovely secretary) and the bad guys ( ANÍBAL and is crazy cook). The good guys are detectives always triyng to solve strange cases. They have the help of a automated european Citrôen 2Cv car. Anibal ( the bad guy) is always trying to destroy Duarte e Cª. No need to say that all is attempts are frustrated. Funny plots... great fun

Without a doubt, one of the best Portuguese productions ever !!! Very funny, with lots of very good action scenes and hilarious comedy scenes, with the best Portuguese actors and with many scenarios; But the real merit is undoubtedly the fact that they do the best they can with a truly low budget. Very funny, highly recommend.