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EPISODES:
13.
LENGTH:
60 mins.
FORMAT:
Mono, film and video integration.
PRODUCTION:
1972 Gemini Production.
RUNNING ORDER: Airdate.
NETWORK:
Nine.
CAST:
Jim Carver.......BRUCE BARRY
Marie.......CARMEN DUNCAN
Teddy.......SERGE LAZAREFF
Det. Sgt. Eric Evans.......SLIM deGREY
Sir Ian Mason.......KEN HUNTER-KERR
CREW:
Producer.......ROBERT BRUNING
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EPISODE TITLES
1. The Hunch
2. The Price
3. The Leader
4. The Hijack
5. High Wall
6. Deadline Sunday
7. And Besides, The
Wench Is Dead
8. Bye Bye Baby
9. The Contract
10. Weak Link
11. Deathbed
12. Catch As Catch Can
13. He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother
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1. The Hunch
Sonia.......Ann Sidney
Jeffries.......Tony Wager
Bill
Sutton.......Fred Betts
Smith.......Stuart Finch
Script.......Luis Bayonas
Synopsis: Detective Jim Carver places his police career in jeopardy
by refusing to discontinue his investigations into organised crime. When
he is suspended from the force he is more determined than ever to prove
that Sir Ian Mason, a respected businessman, is involved in drug smuggling
and distribution.
Notes: This episode plus episode 2, 'The Price', were coupled
together and shown as a 90-minute episode by TCN-9 in Sydney and GTV-9 in
Melbourne. It was shown as a single episode in Brisbane.
Airdate:
Sydney 18/9/72
Brisbane 16/11/72
Melbourne 16/11/73
2. The Price
Sonia.......Ann Sidney
Prostitute.......Carla Hoogeveen
.......John Fegan
.......Graham Rouse
Script.......C. G. Richards
Director.......Alister Smart
Synopsis: A singer enlists the aid of Carver to find the
whereabouts of her child, whom she suspects has been kidnapped by Mason.
Notes: This
episode plus episode 1, 'The Hunch', were coupled together and shown as a
90-minute episode by TCN-9 in Sydney and GTV-9 in Melbourne. It was shown
as a single episode in Brisbane.
Airdate:
Sydney 18/9/72
Brisbane 23/11/72
Melbourne 16/11/73
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Ep. 1: Bruce Barry and Ann Sidney |
3. The Leader
Judy.......Kathryn Dagher
Victor.......Brendon Lunney
Kent.......John Winston
.......Dennis Grosvenor
.......Leon Gregory
Script.......Luis
Bayonas
Synopsis:
Carver believes that Mason is behind an ultra right-wing group that is
responsible for violent behaviour at otherwise peaceful demonstrations in
order to discredit them. It is during a demonstration that Carver realises
their unexpected and ambitious intentions. In an attempt to expose the
group, he almost becomes their victim.
Airdate:
Sydney 25/9/72
Brisbane 30/11/72
Melbourne 30/11/73
4. The
Hijack
Keith.......Roger Ward
Jacko.......Kevin Leslie
Tom.......Jack Allan
Tea lady.......Robina Beard
Script.......Ted Roberts
Synopsis: Carver causes problems for the police, and a former
superior officer, when he becomes involved in the operations of an
independent long-distance truck driver's organisation in an attempt to
discover the source of - and break up - the organised hijacking of truck
cargo.
Airdate:
Sydney 2/10/72
Brisbane 14/12/72
Melbourne 14/12/73
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Carmen Duncan |
5. High Wall
.......Don Barkham
.......Carole Yelland
.......Don Crosby
.......Patrick Ward
Synopsis: Jim Carver's past experience as a police officer, who is
feared and hated by vicious criminals, intrudes with violent consequences
on his idyll when he escapes to the beach and forms a relationship with a
beautiful deaf girl.
Airdate:
Sydney 9/10/72
Melbourne 4/1/74
6. Deadline
Sunday
Richards.......Nigel Lovell
Pollock.......Tom Farley
Sandra.......Noeline Brown
Synopsis: Carver investigates another avenue into the operations of
Mason when a small out-of-town newspaper proprietor and his staff become
victims of violence after the paper carries stories revealing corruption
in a local land development deal.
Notes: Scenes of an undercover agent photographing a drunk
businessman in a nightclub undressing a stripper were censored by the Nine
Network.
Airdate:
Sydney 16/10/72
Melbourne 7/12/73
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Bruce Barry and Slim De Grey. |
7. And Besides, The Wench
Is Dead
Prostitute.......Katy Wild
Crombie.......Norman Yemm
Watson.......Bill Hunter
Script.......Ted Roberts
Synopsis: Carver alienates Marie and Teddy when he infiltrates a
highly organised call-girl racket known for its coercive methods, and
which Carver believes has some connection with Mason. Carver is in danger
of being exposed from within the organisation.
Airdate:
Sydney 23/10/72
Melbourne 8/11/74
8. Bye Bye
Baby
Roland Miller.......Michael Laurence
Sheldon Clark.......Don Philps
Olive.......Denise Davies
Synopsis: Marie, fed up with Carver's constant tardiness and
apparent indifference towards her, forms a relationship with Roland
Miller, a quiet, sensitive pianist who is also a psychopathic killer,
often hired by businessmen to seduce their wives then kill them. Carver's
simple motive of jealousy proves fortunate for the unwitting Marie.
Airdate:
Sydney 13/11/72
Melbourne 15/11/74
9. The
Contract
Dave Sharpe.......Ron Graham
Sal.......Beverley Phillips
Betty Sharpe.......Judy Ferris
Synopsis: Carver's persistent investigations of Sir lan Mason
result in his being the target of a hired assassin. He survives several
attempts on his life by the killer, who himself becomes a potential
victim.
Airdate:
Sydney 20/11/72
Melbourne 22/11/74
10. Weak
Link
Dr. Ross.......Owen Weingott
White.......Don Crosby
Mrs. White.......Shirley Cameron
.......Ken Goodlet
.......Robert McDarra
Synopsis: A woman dies and a Mason employee who had published his
intention to reveal details of her death disappears. Carver's
investigation exposes various illegal abortion operations.
Airdate:
Sydney 27/11/72
Melbourne 28/12/73
11. Deathbed
.......Keith Lee
Synopsis: The dying patient of a nursing friend of Marie's is a
politician who is known as Sir lan Mason's political 'Mr. Fix-it', and
Carver hopes for an extension of the politician's life to give him time to
persuade him into a deathbed confession.
Airdate:
Sydney 4/12/72
Melbourne 29/11/74
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Ep. 7: Katy Wild.
Ep. 8: Michael Laurence and Carmen Duncan. |
12. Catch As Catch Can
Fancy.......Judy Morris
Kenny.......Ashley Grenville
Pryor.......Richard Lupino
.......Fred 'Cul' Cullen
Synopsis: An elevated employee of the Mason Corporation who incurs
large debts is offered protection by Carver in exchange for information
and documentary evidence on Mason's illegal operations.
Airdate:
Sydney 11/12/72
Melbourne 21/12/73
13. He's Not
Heavy, He's My Brother
Synopsis: Carver, who owes Teddy many favours, is persuaded to take
an active interest in Teddy's younger brother who has abandoned a
promising job and is about to embark on a criminal career.
Airdate:
Sydney 18/12/72
Adelaide 2/2/74
Melbourne 6/12/74
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Ep. 12: Judy Morris. |
