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EPISODES:  13, including pilot.
LENGTH:  60 Mins.
FORMAT:  Mono, Video and Film Integration.
PRODUCTION:  1969 - 1970 TCN-9 Production.
ORIGINAL SCREENING: 1970.
RUNNING ORDER:  Airdate / official.
NETWORK:  Nine.

CAST:
Det. Sgt. John Randall.......KEVIN MILES
Det. Sgt. Harry Sutton.......BRUCE MONTAGUE
Det. Const. Ray Gamble.......TRISTAN ROGERS
Support:
Det. Russell (Forensic).......MAX MELDRUM

CREW:
Executive Producer.......GEORGE SPENTON-FOSTER
Music.......GEOFF HARVEY
Devised by.......GLYN DAVIES

EPISODE TITLES
~   (Pilot episode)
1. Home Run
2. To Hang By A Thread
3. Die Laughing
4. Where Is Your Daughter's Head?
5. See Amsterdam And Die
6. Flair For Murder
7. Time And Tide
8. Dishonoured Samuari
9. Truth Is Stranger Than Murder
10. The Quiet One
11. Somebody's Kid Is Missing
12. You'd Never Get It Wholesale

~ (Pilot Episode)

.......Lorraine Bayly
.......Enid Lorimer
.......Clarissa Kaye

Producer.......Glyn Davies

Notes: Pilot Episode. Intended to be the first episode, it was never screened as it was considered sub-standard by TCN-9.

Airdate: Never screened.

1. Home Run

Hillden.......John Fegan
Larry Madigan.......Michael Latimer
Senator Thorsen.......Don Smith
Prostitute.......Christina O'Brien
.......Sandy Gore

Script.......Tony Morphett
Director.......Jonathan Dawson

Synopsis: A corrupt Australian born union leader, Hillden, is deported from the U.S.A. after 40 years. In Sydney, he masterminds the murder of visiting U.S. Senator Thorsen, who was responsible for his deportation, by arranging for playboy gunman Larry Madigan to shoot Thorsen as he leaves Sydney's Chevron Hotel. However, the Senator was a member of the Mafia being groomed for the White House, and the Mafia then seek vengeance on the man who arranged the murder.

Notes: Intended to be episode 2, it became the first episode and replaced the sub-standard pilot.

Airdate: Melbourne 14/1/70, Sydney 15/1/70

2. To Hang By A Thread

.......Kate McKittrick

Synopsis: A young attractive redhead girl from the country unexpectedly wins a photographic beauty contest sponsored by the Carpenter Model Agency. Against the wishes of her fiancee, she leaves home to pursue a modelling career in the city. Soon after her arrival the mutilated body of a young woman is found in Sydney Harbour.

Airdate: Melbourne 4/2/70, Sydney 22/1/70

3. Die Laughing

.......Peter Sumner
.......Diana Perryman
.......James Condon
.......Don Crosby
.......Julie Costello
.......Bettie Crosby

Synopsis: The investigation following the discovery of a vagrant's body uncovers the tragic life led by his wealthy widow. She lived unaware that her husband, a wartime hero and happy family man, had become a Sydney derelict.

Airdate: Melbourne 21/1/70, Sydney 29/1/70

4. Where Is Your Daughter's Head?

Josef Vogelsang.......Owen Weingott
.......Pat Bishop
.......Jeff Ashby
.......Graham Rouse

Director.......Jonathan Dawson

Synopsis: While escaping from a Nazi prison camp during World War 2, Sydney Jewish art dealer Josef Vogelsang stole a valuable Titian painting. In Australia he must keep the existence of the painting a secret for fear of being deported. Members of a right wing organisation, knowing Vogelsang's position, blackmail him and terrorise Jewish members of the community.

Airdate: Melbourne 28/1/70, Sydney 5/2/70

5. See Amsterdam And Die

Carol Crane.......Carmen Duncan
Bruce Crane.......Frank Thring
Van Stroom.......Don Reid
.......Mike Dorsey

Synopsis: Van Stroom, a Dutch gemologist, is murdered in a small hotel in Amsterdam, Holland, and the Sydney CIB is implicated when Van Stroom is found to be carrying an Australian passport. An international investigation into diamond smuggling leads to Bruce Crane, master puppeteer and controller of destinies as head of a diamond clearing house, and his sister Carol who operates a boutique as a front.

Airdate: Melbourne 11/2/70, Sydney 12/2/70

6. Flair For Murder

Director.......Jonathan Dawson

Synopsis: Lionel Porter, front man for an underground criminal organisation, raises bail for a fast gun-hand who is needed for a special job. The prisoner just released, and with a grudge, attempts to murder Det. Sgt. Sutton, but is himself slain by Bennie, a hired killer. Later, in the planning of a jewel robbery, the killer's boss orders Bennie to ‘eliminate’ one of the conspirators, but the boss is unaware that his own daughter is in love with the intended victim.

Airdate: Melbourne 18/2/70, Sydney 19/2/70, Griffith NSW 16/3/70

7. Time And Tide

.......Jacqueline Kott
.......Peter Williams
.......Moshe Kedem

Synopsis: A small rowing boat is found floating in Sydney Harbour, and slumped across the floor lies a man with a fishing spear in his chest. He had been 'fishing' for a cylinder full of stolen fashion drawings for Ralph Ramsden, an over-mothered little rich boy. Suddenly Ralph realises that he is caught as prime suspect in an intricate web of deadly espionage.

Airdate: Melbourne 25/2/70, Sydney 26/2/70

8. Dishonoured Samuari

Caroline Burns.......Elke Neidhardt
Jenner.......Lex Mitchell
.......Alistair Duncan
.......Rick Scully

Synopsis: A paperboy witnesses a strange and morbid spectacle on a lonely beach - a Japanese man digging a grave with another man helping him. The second man helps him fill it - with the aid of a bullet through the chest. When the Link Men are called in to investigate three macabre murders, all paths seem to lead to the Japanese man. The methods of the murderer cause the Link Men to adopt an unusual method of investigation to solve the crimes, combining their experience with aid from Forensic experts, the press, and the use of Aboriginal trackers and the RAAF Search And Rescue Squad to hunt the wanted man.

Airdate: Melbourne 4/3/70, Sydney 5/3/70

9. Truth Is Stranger Than Murder

Airdate: Melbourne 25/3/70, Sydney 12/3/70

10. The Quiet One

Marguerita Costello.......Jeanie Drynan
Tony Amarato.......Lionel Long
Giovanni Amarto.......Tom Lake
Mario Costello.......Eric Reiman
Moretti.......Don Pascoe
Johnny Amarato.......Leon Gregory
Det. Russell.......Max Meldrum
Mario Costello.......Max Cullen
Frank.......Frankie Davidson
Benito Costello.......Jeff Kevin
Mrs. Amarato.......Lyndall Barbour
Rocky Costello.......Jim Clifford
Hardy.......Colin Hughes

Script.......Tony Morphett
Director.......Jonathan Dawson
Producer.......Michael Latimer

Synopsis: Giovanni Amarto, a fruit and vegetable farmer, tries to sell his produce outside the Mafia and is burnt to death in a Mafia reprisal, and his sons head on a course seeking vengeance.

Airdate: Melbourne 11/3/70, Sydney & Albury NSW 19/3/70, Perth 31/3/70, Brisbane 11/4/70, Orange NSW 21/3/70, Grafton NSW 24/3/70, Shepparton VIC 16/3/70, Toowoomba QLD 20/4/70

Ep. 10: Jeanie Drynan and Leon Gregory

11. Somebody's Kid Is Missing

Janice Whitman.......Sue Lloyd
Bert Whitman.......John Meillon
Joe Seberg.......Keith Lee
Sgt. Kelly.......Bob Haddow
Terry.......Gerard Maguire
Wilson.......Les Foxcroft
'Mother'.......Lois Ramsey
Don Yates.......Gregory de Polnay
Constable.......Gary Day
Edie Whitman.......Maggie Dence
Anna Seberg.......Judi Farr
Beatrice Birdie.......Eve Wynne

Script.......Don Barkham
Director.......John Alaimo
Producer.......Michael Latimer

Synopsis: Two young men abduct a schoolgirl, believing she is the daughter of very wealthy parents, but it appears the police have a case of mistaken identity on their hands.

Airdate: Melbourne 18/3/70, Sydney 26/3/70, Ballarat VIC 5/5/71

12. You'd Never Get It Wholesale

Henry Sims.......Peter Reynolds
Seaman.......Peter Whitford
Doctor.......James Elliott

Script.......Ted Ager
Director.......George Spenton-Foster
Producer.......Michael Latimer

Synopsis: While Det. Const. Gamble investigates the death of a child caused by drug taking, Det. Sgt. Sutton is involved on a fraud case concerning the sale of a yacht. These two seemingly individual investigations tie together and lead the detectives to a drug trafficking racket.

Airdate: Melbourne 1/4/70, Sydney & Albury NSW 2/4/70, Perth 14/4/70, Brisbane 25/4/70, Shepparton VIC 30/3/70, Orange NSW 4/4/70, Grafton NSW 7/4/70, Toowoomba QLD 4/5/70

~  Where Did You Meet Carol Johnston?

Carol Johnston.......Barbara Frawley
Judy Raymond.......June Salter
.......Reg Livermore

Synopsis: The investigation into the death of a young society girl brings to light many conflicting stories concerning her private life.

Notes: Scheduled for screening in Sydney on 26/2/70 as episode 7, and actually being listed in program guides, this episode was scrapped after extensive filming as it was considered sub-standard by TCN-9.

Airdate: Never screened.