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Part 4: Eps 151 - 200
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Part 6: Eps 251 - 300
Part 7: Eps 301 - 350
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51. Detour

Roy Smith.......Leslie Dayman
Chris Thompson.......Gerard Kennedy
Monika Hartmann.......Sonia Borg
Edward Floyd.......Roy Day
Tom Mitchell.......Telford Jackson
Gunther Hartmann.......Kurt Ludescher
Gary Clarke.......Garry Wastell
Peggy Smith.......Helen Harper
Night cafe owner.......Norman Smith
Jack Marsh.......Norman Tyrell

Script.......Phil Freedman
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Truck driver Roy Smith reports his wife has been murdered. He claims he spent the night at Seymour, however police discover that he is having an affair and that he also stole a car in Seymour.

Notes: Gerard Kennedy's first television role.

Airdate: Melbourne 8/3/66, Canberra 2/12/66

52. Chain Reaction

WPC Helen Hopgood.......Derani Scarr
Eric Morton.......Ronald Morse
Della Logan.......Hilda Scurr
Carol Pitt.......Deidre MacDonald
Judy Power.......Julie Costello
Mrs. Power.......Christine Calcutt
Patty.......Jill McKay
Sister.......Diana Wilkinson

Script.......Mary Wilton
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......Ian Jones
Assistant Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Policewoman Helen Hopgood is involved in the case of a runaway schoolgirl, but when Helen suddenly disappears it is feared she could have been murdered.

Airdate: Melbourne 15/3/66, Adelaide 28/5/66

Ep. 51: Gerard Kennedy and Leonard Teale

53. Holiday Affair

Julie Fenwick.......Kirsty Child
Samuel Fenwick.......Max Osbiston
Malcolm Wills.......Mark McManus
Bob Fitchett.......John Morgan
Pat Bronson.......Ursula Finlay
Mr. Cooper.......Keith Johns
Nathalie Ferguson.......Elizabeth Page
Miss Wentworth.......Sheila Fallon

Script.......Louis Ben-Dixon & Phil Freedman
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......Ian Jones
Assistant Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: A teenage girl's skeleton is found in the Airey's Inlet sandhills, with no clue to her identity.

Notes: Segments filmed at Geelong, Lorne and Airey's Inlet. Kirsty Child's first major television role. In a chase scene on the Great Ocean Road the police car hit some gravel and nearly went over a cliff. The cameraman was filming out the window when it happened, and the sequence is retained in the episode.

Airdate: Melbourne 22/3/66, Canberra 16/12/66

Ep. 53: Kirsty Child

54. Wolf Pack

Fiona Norton.......Lynda Keane
Gordy Smith.......Peter Foote
Vic Parkes.......Elliott Cairns
Arlene Norton.......Eileen Colocott
Eddie Wade.......Martin Magee
Robert Norton.......Rhoderick Walker
Mrs. Petrie.......Agnes Dobson
Ernie Biggs.......Stephen Gray
Kevin Wells.......Terry Phibbs
Marilyn.......Deidre McDonald
Mrs. Wade.......Joan Letch
Ross Nye.......Tony Cole

Script.......Della Foss-Paine
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......Ian Jones
Assistant Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: A woman close to death after being attacked and robbed refuses out of fear to identify her attackers. The pack then goes hunting again, terrorising a mother and her teenage daughter.

Notes: Although numbered 54, this episode was actually made prior to number 50. It features the earlier style of opening titles, and the detective's car is the Studebaker, rather than the Falcon as featured from episode 50 onwards.

Airdate: Melbourne 29/3/66, Adelaide 11/6/66

55. Country Boy

Johnny Moore.......James Smillie
Vicki.......Betty Bobbitt
Kathy Moore.......Veronica Casey
Charles.......George Whaley
.......Edward Howell
.......Peter Sanford

Script.......Della Foss-Paine

Synopsis: Young Kathy and Johnny Moore were happy together according to friends and neighbours, yet Kathy is found murdered in their wrecked living room and Johnny is missing.

Airdate: Melbourne 5/4/66, Adelaide 18/6/66, Newcastle NSW 11/11/67

56. Flashpoint

'Blue' Carmody.......Norman Yemm
Coral Prescott.......Kirsty Child
Merle Prescott.......Leila Blake
Adams.......Roy Day
Brian Howard.......Martin Magee
Senior Constable.......Carl Bleazby
Constable.......Colin Lehmann
Himself (publican).......Len Torbitt
Herself (publican).......Pat Torbitt
Himself (pilot).......Capt. A. R. Newman

Script.......Ian Jones
Director.......Ian Jones
Assistant Director.......David Lee
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Post-production Manager.......Ian Crawford

Synopsis: Homicide detectives pursue 'Blue' Carmody in rugged mountain bushland, after he murdered a Forests Commission officer who ordered him to put out a fire on a total fire ban day. Two women at a roadhouse assist him.

Notes: Experimental all-film episode with a significantly increased budget. No studio scenes are featured, the episode being filmed almost entirely on location at Mt. Cathedral, near Buxton. The very small number of interior scenes was also shot on film, video tape not being used. The role of 'Blue' Carmody was originally intended for Ed Deveraux.

Airdate: Melbourne 19/4/66, Adelaide 25/6/66

Ep. 56: Kirsty Child and Norman Yemm

57. The Old Game

Harry Dunn.......Maurie Fields
Les Stone.......Jack Allan
Beryl Dunn.......Dawn Klingberg
Edna Stone.......Gaye Anderson
Bernie Marshall.......Chuck Kehoe
Dr. Hill.......Joe James
George Nixon.......Kenric Hudson
Jock Wilson.......Ron Shand
Mrs. Nixon.......Dorothy Bradley

Script.......Enid Johns
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Two women act as decoys and one victim after another is attacked and robbed - until one of the victims dies.

Notes: Introduced by John Fegan, stating crime is ugly, not glamorous. The murder scene originally used a broken bottle, with 'blood' dripping down the killer's hand. This was considered too gruesome so a brick was substituted.

Airdate: Melbourne 12/4/66, Adelaide 2/7/66

Terry McDermott

58. Vendetta

Peter O'Brien.......Gerard Kennedy
Tinker Bell.......Di Chamberlain
Nan Busetti.......Audrie Stern
Tommy Bleaker.......Peter Blake
Pat Bronson.......Ursula Finlay
Merv Carter.......Len Sweeney
Constable.......Nevil Thurgood
Doctor.......John Waterman
Det. 'Chesty' Bond.......John Darcy
Warder Harper.......Peter Armstrong
Policewoman.......Joyce Watson
Nurse.......Alison Newbold
Priest.......John Bodinnar
Policeman 1.......Peter Lacy
Policeman 2.......George Irvine

Script.......Ian Jones
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......Ian Jones
Assistant Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Peter O'Brien, sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, breaks out of jail. He has a warder's carbine, and is ready to deal out to the two detectives who put him inside. When he confronts them, he wounds Sen. Det. Mackay and shoots dead Det. Sgt. Bronson.

Notes: Final episode with Terry McDermott. First episode with Leslie Dayman as Sen. Det. Bill Hudson. First appearance by Di Chamberlain in a semi-regular support role as Tinker Bell, Det. Hudson's girlfriend.

Airdate: Melbourne & Gippsland VIC 26/4/66, Adelaide 9/7/66, Shepparton VIC 3/5/66, Orange NSW 1/6/67

Ep. 58: Audrie Stern and Gerard Kennedy

59. The Last Enemy

Lindsay Barnes.......Vincent Gil
Tinker Bell.......Di Chamberlain
Eric Fletcher.......Robert Quilter
Mrs. Barnes.......Meta McCaffrey
Joyce Wright.......Val Jellay
Mills.......William Raymont
Ray Cooper.......John Cadwallader
Dairy collector.......Ray Angel
James Tregear.......John Rasey

Script.......Phil Freedman
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: A scrawled note, a milk bill and a wrecked room confront the police when they investigate the death of a clergyman. Mackay is promoted back to Detective Sergeant.

Airdate: Melbourne 3/5/66

Ep. 59: Leslie Dayman and Di Chamberlain

60. Terror That Strikes

Eva Jensen.......Joanne Crume
Judith Chadwick.......Carol Ann Aylett
Joe Roper.......Brian Barrie
Kenneth Peel.......Brian Young
Det. Chris 'Chesty' Bond.......John D'Arcy
Helen Webb.......Madeleine Orr
Mrs. Barlow.......Moira Farrow
Jim Markell.......David Telford
Russell Grady.......Danny O'Meara
Honna Sung.......Elizabeth Whish-Wright
Vic Prunelli.......Ilario Garuccio
Randolph.......David Green
Reg (radio operator).......Kevin Harris
Bill Lawford.......Burt Cooper

Script.......Della Foss-Paine
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Is he a man with a grudge, or a lunatic loose with a gun? By the pattern of his crimes he could be a bit of both, and his motive is as hard to find as he is himself. Insp. Connolly joins Mackay and Hudson in a hazardous chase after a demented and dangerous killer.

Notes: American actor Joanne Crume appears in her first Australian television role.

Airdate: Melbourne 10/5/66, Sydney 21/5/66, Adelaide 23/7/66

61. Prove It!

Gorgos Kiantos.......Gunars Klauss
Spiro Paxinos.......Alberto Vila
Marika Paxinos.......Guna Kazins
Peter Simpson.......Terry Gill
Green.......Telford Jackson
Sgt. Hec Watkins.......Carl Bleazby
Karl Wirt.......Robert Bogdan
Preston.......Ronald Baker
Doctor.......Keith Johns
Car driver.......Peter Russell
Christina Kiantos.......Marghuerita Helios
Man in line-up.......John Gray

Script.......Harold Lander
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: When a young married woman meets a violent death, a glib story about hitch-hikers is discounted as police believe they know the murderer. Forensic science assists in collating evidence and apprehending a dangerous killer.

Airdate: Melbourne 17/5/66, Wagga Wagga NSW 2/6/67

Ep. 60: Joanne Crume

62. Let's Get Together

Marie Simpson.......Dorothy Moore
Theodore Baker.......Joe McCormick
Ron Foley.......George Fairfax
Charley Croft.......Neil Phillipson
Alice Baker.......Anne Charleston
Henry Dow.......Kenric Hudson
Steve.......Leslie Berryman
Phillip Baker.......Rory Tombs
George White.......Roger Diss
'Thumbs'.......Bill Lewis

Script.......Della Foss-Paine
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Using the Moomba festival crowds as a cover, a gang of jewel thieves, headed by an American, keeps the police guessing. A report that a schoolboy has disappeared alerts detectives to more sinister activities.

Airdate: Melbourne 24/5/66, Sydney 4/6/66

Ep. 62: Dorothy Moore

63. Wasp Nest

Dolores Briggs.......Lynn Taylor
Brian Spurling.......Edward Howell
Bettina Meikle.......Dulcie Davenport
Ray Fox.......Ian Smith
Keith Nugent.......Ron Pinnell
Dr. Stark.......Alwyn Owen
Constable.......David Banks

Script.......Sonia Borg
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg
Script Editor.......Phil Freedman

Synopsis: If Ray Fox died, as he alleges two women intended, their complicity in a sinister racket might not have been found out. Fox tells police a tale so incredible that he doesn't expect to be believed. But when the truth comes to light it is more incredible still, leading to the discovery of a racket and murder.

Airdate: Melbourne 31/5/66, Sydney 11/6/66, Adelaide 13/8/66

Leslie Dayman, Leonard Teale and John Fegan.

64. Knife And Beads

Eddie Stevens.......Gerard Kennedy
Vigano.......Douglas Kelly
Marco Sarelli.......Alberto Vila
Shirley Timms.......Rosalind Seagrave
Lynette Walker.......Jacqueline Bacon
.......Blaise Antony

Script.......Ru Pullan

Synopsis: Joan Ordini is stabbed to death while walking home at night. Her husband, quite unmoved by the tragedy, tells police there were other men in her life. Her father chances on a vital clue when he finds his daughter's cherished rosary beads are missing, and detectives discover that Eddie, a jealous boxer, was responsible for his ex-girl friend's death.

Airdate: Melbourne 21/6/66

65. The Witness

Mick Pringle.......Stan Penrose
Betty Wilson.......Coralie Neville
Eddie Masters.......Ivor Bromley
Fred Davis.......Brian Joyce
'Nugget' Blake.......Robert Earle
Peter Olson.......Frank Howes
Publican.......Alan Rowe

Script.......Enid Johns
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Concerned for the safety of a murder witness, police hide the man at Dromana. However, the ruse is discovered and the police must protect him from a group of criminals.

Airdate: Melbourne 7/6/66, Sydney 18/6/66

66. Flashback

Sally Trevor.......Carmen Duncan
Paul Bentinck.......Max Bruch
Arthur Parrish.......David Mitchell
Mrs. Everton.......Moira Carleton
Hammersmith.......Graeme Bent
George Croft.......Telford Jackson

Script.......Ian Jones
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......Ian Jones
Producer.......Ian Crawford

Synopsis: Sally Trevor, just titled Model of the Year, is shot dead in a busy city street. The killer's description tallies with her long-time devoted admirer Arthur Parrish. But why murder her at the peak of her success? Their ill-starred romance story told in flashback provides the answer.

Airdate: Melbourne 28/6/66

67. The Boy From Anywhere

George Roberts.......Vic Gordon
Reg Phillips.......Maurie Fields
Sheila Roberts.......Lesley Munroe
Ron Paige.......Peter Watson
Leonard Murray.......Kenric Hudson
Lorna Welsh.......Tracy Tombs
Hazel Carruthers.......Carmel Millhouse
Paige Snr........Kevin Colebrook
Alf Thompson.......Barry McLaine

Script.......Pat Kingsley
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: People notice Ron Paige and think he is a charming youth, which is a big help to detectives investigating a puzzling case of callous murder.

Airdate: Melbourne 5/7/66, Sydney 16/7/66

68. Nor All Thy Tears

Greg Neilsen.......Terry Stapleton
Peter Barnes.......Ian Boyce
Debra Barnes.......Jan Leeming
Sam Rossiter.......Richard May
Val.......Elke Kirkbride
.......Jane Hume

Script.......Della Foss-Paine

Synopsis: Linda Neilsen, a young married girl with a career in advertising, walks out of a jovial staff party to a violent death. A search through her handbag provides Homicide detectives with a promising lead, but three suspects emerge to confuse the issue.

Airdate: Melbourne 14/6/66, Sydney 25/6/66, Wollongong NSW 15/11/67

69. Circumstantial Evidence

Glenys Watts.......Jeanie Drynan
Robyn Gaunt.......Joy Mitchell
Maree Duncan.......Joanne Duff
Richard Watts.......Leonard Bullen
Gordon Duncan.......James Mellen
Dorothy Gaunt.......Jessica Noad

Script.......Enid Johns

Synopsis: Maree Duncan tells police that her husband has threatened to kill her, and soon afterwards she is found shot dead. Is the killer her husband? Or the man whose company she obviously preferred? The police keep an eye on the two suspects while sorting out the conflicting evidence and intrigue surrounding Maree's death.

Airdate: Melbourne 12/7/66, Adelaide 29/9/66

70. Deadly Flagfall

James Harrison.......Peter Aanensen
Alan Maddern.......Paul Karo
Esme Gill.......Jan Hollister
Reg Krazner.......Don Philps
Grace Dawson.......Natalie Raine
Mrs. Fennessey.......Margaret Cruickshank
Bruce Dawson.......Vic Haggith
Hector Watkins.......Carl Bleazby
Bradburn.......John Prescott
Jim Walsh.......Earl Francis
Constable.......Ronald Phillips
Radio announcer.......Laurence Costin
Old bag.......Mary Marshall
Johnny.......David Margolin

Script.......Anthony Evans
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg
Script Editor.......Phil Freedman

Synopsis: As Det. Sgt. Mackay puts it: "There are only three things to find in this case - the weapon, the offender, and the victim." The breakthrough comes when Forensic examines the soil clinging to the tyres of Arthur Lowe's abandoned taxi.

Airdate: Melbourne 19/7/66, Adelaide 6/10/66, Newcastle NSW 24/2/68

71. Death Us Do Part

Graham Boyce.......Nigel Lovell
Stanley Copeland.......Stuart Wagstaff
Irene Boyce.......Dorothy Bradley
Margaret Boyce.......Fay Kelton
Stenographer.......Vivienne Esmond
Dr. Fleming.......Eric Waite
Lois Green.......Nola Finn
Robert Challis.......Peter Drake
Beryl Simpson.......Harriet Polak
William Young.......Alexander Donald
Miss Harper.......Georgia Gold
Student girl.......Barbara Caffin
Student bloke.......John Roddick

Script.......Phil Freedman
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: 18-year-old Margaret Boyce makes a suicide pact with an older man that she loves because her father refuses to give his consent to their marriage. Soon afterwards her body is found in a quarry. It certainly looks like suicide - but Homicide detectives move in to investigate a strong suspicion of murder.

Airdate: Melbourne 26/7/66, Adelaide 13/10/66, Albury NSW 2/8/66, Shepparton VIC 28/7/66

72. Tiger Hunt

Wayne McGowan.......Terry Gill
Trish McGowan.......Beverley Kirk
Gordon Latham.......Barrett Fleming
Sgt. Tom Harris.......Robert Schroeder
Anne Vincent.......Deidre McDonald
Ken Bowland.......Max Eastern
Margaret Latham.......Moira Farrow
Creswell.......Norman Smith
Pathologist.......Jon Moyle
Lorna Harris.......Wendy Bulley

Script.......Ian Jones
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg
Script Editor.......Phil Freedman

Synopsis: Could a Tasmanian Tiger still exist near Burrabri? Or did 16-year-old Anne Vincent meet her death at human hands? Homicide detectives are called to a country town to investigate the death of the young woman, and are confronted by some strange evidence.

Airdate: Melbourne 2/8/66

73. Where There's A Will

Gail Marks.......Veronica Casey
Tony Clarke.......Kit Taylor
Maggie Glasson.......Bettina Welch
Max Baker.......Gordon MacDougall
Gary Lloyd.......Peter Adams
Mrs. Clarke.......Elizabeth Wing
Sherman.......Brian Muir
Norman Clarke.......Gunars Klauss
Taxi driver.......Lloyd Cunnington

Script.......Terry Stapleton
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Is Maggie the abused wife she claims to be, or a dangerous woman capable of deliberate murder? Arrested for shooting her husband, she says it was self-defence, but a hint of complicity between Maggie and her stepson makes detectives suspect her story.

Airdate: Melbourne 9/8/66, Adelaide 27/10/66

74. End Of Class

Cheryl Reade.......Joy Mitchell
Alan Thompson.......Roland Heimans
Gary Brennan.......Brian Hannan
Howard Brennan.......Chris Christensen
Winnie Brennan.......Loveday Hills
Bob Reade.......Ronald Dix
Fred Mueller.......Earl Francis
Purvis.......William Adams
Lorraine Purvis.......Sandra Greentree
James Fitzgerald.......Ian Bennett
Student 1.......Jan Bladier
Student 2.......Gary Conway

Script.......Della Foss-Paine
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Lorraine Purvis's classmates are shocked when she falls to her death from a roof. But some of them are suspects as police try to establish if it was suicide, an accident, or murder.

Notes: Introduced by John Fegan discussing the plight of contemporary youth.

Airdate: Melbourne 16/8/66, Sydney 27/8/66, Adelaide 3/11/66

75. The Black Book

Ilona Tabori.......Sonia Borg
Vivienne.......Moya O'Sullivan
Sekora.......Alec Novak
.......Penelope Shelton

Script.......Phil Freedman
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: A boy is fatally stabbed, and the knife used is beside his girlfriend Ilona Tabori when she wakes in the morning. She finds his body outside her door. She can remember nothing of the night before and fears that she may have been responsible for his death.

Airdate: Melbourne 23/8/66

76. The Snipers

Gerald Naismith.......James Condon
Tinker Bell.......Di Chamberlain
Anna Naismith.......Elizabeth Wing
Tom Wakefield.......John Ewing
Det. Doug Marshall.......Gordon Timmins
Malcolm Hewitt.......Gordon Malcolm
Thomas Penman.......Bruce Weate
News cameraman 1.......David Turnbull
News cameraman 2.......Mike Meehan
Girl 1.......Gypsy Burt
Girl 2.......Carol Ann Aylett
Man 1.......Peter Russell
Man 2.......Doug Owen

Script.......Ian Jones
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......Ian Jones
Assistant Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Mackay and Hudson pursue a crazed gunman who has taken four lives. Hudson, feeling his inexperience may have been a contributing factor to Sgt. Bronson being shot, becomes embroiled in a public controversy about the right of police to fire on criminals.

Notes: Segments filmed on location at Panton Hill. Features flashback scenes from ep. 58 'Vendetta'. Filming of the episode took place on the coldest day for 10 years with problems caused by pouring rain and a flooded creek. A later colour episode has a similar title: 'The Sniper', ep. 485.

Airdate: Melbourne 30/8/66, Sydney 10/9/66

77. Merry-Go-Round

Carol Long.......Patsy King
Rita Bates.......Barbara West
George Farmer.......Ron Pinnell
Frank Walsh.......Alan Rowe
Roy Mitchell.......Robert McDarra
Brian Long.......Terence Torpey

Script.......Brett Marshall
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford

Synopsis: A man is strangled to death, and in the search for his killer Homicide detectives uncover a macabre story of drug addiction and the relentless exploitation of its victims.

Airdate: Melbourne 6/9/66, Sydney 17/9/66, Canberra 2/6/67

78. One Man Show

Bronte Palmer.......Gerard Kennedy
Tinker Bell.......Di Chamberlain
Christofidis.......Jack Hume
Krieger.......Alex Varadi
.......John Godfrey

Script.......Terry Stapleton

Synopsis: An art collector is stabbed to death and Homicde investigations have just begun when Det. Hudson's girlfriend 'Tinker' Bell is reported missing. Tensions mount as her disappearance is linked with the main murder suspect, Bronte Palmer, a mentally deranged artist in an Eltham art colony.

Notes: A portrait of Det. Hudson used in the episode was drawn by scriptwriter Terry Stapleton.

Airdate: Melbourne 13/9/66, Sydney 24/9/66, Adelaide 1/12/66

79. Man At Bay

.......Kit Taylor
.......Rosalind Seagrave
.......Jack Allan
.......Robert Earle

Script.......Della Foss-Paine

Synopsis: A small boy sees Trudy Gardener threatened with a gun, but when police arrive her flat is empty - though there is every sign she has been murdered. The question is why? In the confusion of a car wrecker's yard, detectives get their first glimpse of the truth.

Airdate: Melbourne 20/9/66, Adelaide 8/12/66

80. Pattern Of Guilt

Wally Blake.......Vic Gordon
Roger Fry.......Leonard Bullen
Pat Fry.......Jessica Noad
Lillie.......Zika Nester

Script.......Mary Wilton

Synopsis: A mother and her two young daughters are shot dead on a country road, and detectives learn that a car abandoned nearby belongs to their neighbour, Roger Fry, an ex-RAAF officer with a war neurosis who has apparently vanished.

Airdate: Melbourne 27/9/66

81. Seven Winds

Charlie Stevens.......Peter Adams
Franz Nitra.......Denys Burrows
Eva Nitra.......Jacqueline Lamourex
Gregor Nitra.......Charles Little
Rosalie Ford.......Dawn Manning
Kerry.......Barry Greenwood
'Seven Winds' racehorse.......'Amberaid'

Script.......Sonia Borg
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford

Synopsis: Immediately after buying a racehorse, dealer Jim Craig is shot dead. Craig's dubious background suggests several motives, but it soon becomes evident that the horse 'Seven Winds' is the focal point in a bitter human conflict.

Airdate: Melbourne 4/10/66, Adelaide 26/1/67

82. My Brother Must Rest

Joan Preston.......Patsy King
Lesley Thorne.......Liz Harris
Sarah Davis.......Hilda Scurr
Colin Preston.......Rhoderick Walker
Timothy Davis.......Rory Tombs
Doctor.......Klaus Pinker

Script.......Brett Marshall
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Scotland Yard enlists Homicide's aid in locating Joan Preston, suspected of having killed her husband in England. They find not only Joan, but also her sister-in-law Sarah Davis, who is convinced that Joan has murdered once and is planning a second murder.

Airdate: Melbourne 11/10/66, Sydney 22/10/66, Adelaide 2/2/67

83. What Milk Train?

Val Charter.......Barbara Frawley
Eric Gleason.......Robin Cuming
James Fenn.......Allan Trevor
Nancy Coleman.......Barbara Young
Audrey Fenn.......Lola Russell
Ann Fitzgerald.......Barbara Joss
Victor Charter.......John Prescott
Marcia Davis.......Elke Kirkbride
Sue Meredith.......Beverley Kirk
Police Doctor.......Geoff Hiscock

Script.......Terry Stapleton
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......Ian Jones
Associate Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: A body is found on a beach with a lone clue - a cigarette lighter inscribed "In memory of Milk Train". But - what Milk Train?

Airdate: Melbourne 18/10/66, Adelaide 9/2/67

84. A Girl Who Liked Beads

Karen Barrett.......Lynette Curran
WPC Helen Hopgood.......Derani Scarr
Bert Dixon.......Peter Aanensen
'Tinker' Bell.......Di Chamberlain
Joe Kolchak.......Gunars Klaus
Nan Dixon.......Joan Letch
Phil Lowry.......John Chatteris
Mrs. Nolan.......Betty Randall
Det. Bob Winton.......Don Skelton
Shopkeeper.......Pearl Copolov
Jarvis.......Val Stewart

Script.......Della Foss-Paine
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg
Script Editor.......Phil Freedman

Synopsis: Blonde Karen Barrett's first brush with the law is on a shoplifting charge, but Policewoman Helen Hopgood senses something more sinister in the girl's background. Homicide detectives prove she is right.

Airdate: Melbourne 25/10/66, Wollongong NSW 26/2/68

85. The Ex

Roger Lang.......Terry Gill
Julie Temple.......Bettina Welch
Harold Barker.......Murray George
Slade.......Roy Lyons
Wally Romaine.......Michael Cole
Honey Preston.......Jill McKay
Davey Temple.......David Margolin

Script.......Terry Stapleton
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford

Synopsis: Roger Lang is found shot dead, and suspicion falls on nightclub singer Julie Temple, whose fingerprints are on the gun. Investigations lead to Julie's ex-husband, Harold Barker, who has resorted to an evil scheme to gain custody of his child.

Airdate: Melbourne 1/11/66, Adelaide 23/2/67

86. The Hostage

Tom Delaney.......Gerard Kennedy
Ann Pritchard.......Judith Fisher
Maid.......Julie Costello
Boyfriend.......Garth Wilding-Forbes
Sergeant.......Brian Muir
Veterinary surgeon.......Nevil Thurgood

Script.......Ian Jones

Synopsis: On the run after breaking jail, Tom Delaney robs a bank and shoots a veterinary surgeon. Seeking a hiding place, he holds country school teacher Ann Pritchard as a hostage.

Airdate: Melbourne 8/11/66, Adelaide 2/3/67

87. Time To Pay

Warren Hardy.......Bruce Barry
Tinker Bell.......Di Chamberlain
Jenny Carter.......Fay Kelton
Lorna Morrison.......Diana Davidson
Stewart Birch.......Alex Cann
Sullivan.......Jack Brown
Mrs. Ellis.......Myrtle Wood

Script.......Terry Stapleton

Synopsis: Confidence man Warren Hardy becomes involved with the death of a man and blackmails a wealthy socialite in an attempt to pay a gambling debt.

Airdate: Melbourne 15/11/66, Adelaide 9/3/67, Griffith NSW 28/2/68

88. No Room For The Innocent

Irene Goodwin.......Audrey Teesdale
Teenage girl.......Lynda Keane
Toni Stark.......Kristen Mann
Nancy Ford.......Barbara Frawley
George Goodwin.......Kenric Hudson
Dog.......'Blaze'

Script.......Sonia Borg
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford

Synopsis: A teenage girl on holiday finds a baby's body in the river. There is doubt as to whether it is accidental drowning or murder. The blanket wrapped around the body supplies a vital clue.

Airdate: Melbourne 22/11/66, Adelaide 16/3/67, Albury NSW 29/11/66

89. Moment Of Truth

Dick Abbott.......George Mallaby
Const. Foster.......Terry Gill
Mrs. Foster.......Fay Kelton
'Bull' Abbott.......Victor Haggith
Mrs. Abbott.......Stella Lamond
'Slasher' Blake.......Alan Walden

Script.......Brett Marshall

Synopsis: Young Constable Foster, suspecting a factory breaking, fires at a man who is running from the scene. When Homicide detectives question him, he realises his police career could be in jeopardy.

Airdate: Melbourne 29/11/66, Sydney 10/12/66, Adelaide 23/3/67, Shepparton VIC 1/12/66

90. Man In The Park

Ilse Steiner.......Joy Mitchell
Laura Steiner.......Carmel Millhouse
Karl Steiner.......Denys Burrows
Peter Brown.......Burt Cooper
Sutton.......George Rolfe
George Barton.......Alex Hutchinson
Salesman.......Peter Seward
Man.......Bert Benney
Young woman.......Christine Morris

Script.......Phil Freedman
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: Laura Steiner has an insensate jealousy of her stepdaughter Ilse. To gain attention from her husband, she concocts a story about a man trying to stab her in the park. Laura gives police a description of an attacker matching reports of a real attack. She later stabs her stepdaughter to death, and plants false clues to implicate the other attacker.

Airdate: Melbourne 6/12/66

91. Don't Sing To Uniforms

Chris Lane.......Tom Farley
Tom.......Telford Jackson
Susannah Lane.......Judith Dick
Mel Bannerman.......Allan Trevor
Teddy Power.......Jack Brown
Betty Connolly.......Betty Dyson

Script.......Terry Stapleton
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford

Synopsis: A payroll guard is killed and another wounded during a $25,000 robbery. Folk singer Susannah Lane offers Homicide detectives information on the gang's identity, which results in her life being threatened.

Airdate: Melbourne 13/12/66, Adelaide 6/4/67

92. Rough Shod

Tim Somers.......Gary Gray
Laurence Somers.......Walter Sullivan
Fay Somers.......Margaret Christensen
Vance Gibson.......Robert Peach
Irene Taylor.......Anne Charleston

Script.......Della Foss-Paine

Synopsis: Laurence Somers, an ex-cop now prominent in trotting circles, falls from a train. Homicide detectives suspect foul play and they are sure of it when, within a few days, murder is committed at the trotting track.

Airdate: Melbourne 20/12/66, Adelaide 13/4/67

93. A Long Shadow

Pat Rainsford.......Don Barker
Greg Berry.......Maurie Fields
Holly Green.......Douglas Kelly
June Berry.......Amber Mae Cecil
Van driver.......Tommy Dysart
Maurie Dickson.......Kevin Moore
Foreman.......Roy Lyons
Mrs. Southern.......Margaret Broughton
Bronwyn Redding.......Julie Day
Det. Doug Marshall.......Gordon Timmins
Sgt. Parker.......David Turnbull
Mark Young.......John Roddick

Script.......Terry Stapleton
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg
Assistant Producer.......Ian Bennett

Synopsis: Two men fight on a river bridge. One loses his life, the second vanishes, and the Homicide team set out to trace a man of whom they know practically nothing, except that he is tall and casts a long shadow.

Airdate: Melbourne 24/1/67, Adelaide 20/4/67

94. Final Payment

Kristine Blake.......June Thody
Rex Wilton.......Owen Weingott
Edwin Blake.......Roger Climpson
Judith Kelly.......Jan Hunt
Peter Lovegrove.......Barry Hayes
Edith Wilton.......Joanne West
Sultan in film.......Kurt Beimel
Dancer in film.......'Buster' Skeggs

Script.......Phil Freedman & Harold Lander
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg
Script Editor.......Phil Freedman

Synopsis: Peter Lovegrove is shot dead on his doorstep, but he leaves documents proving him a blackmailer. This makes the murder motive obvious, but police discover a different crime racket before determining which victim fired the fatal shot.

Airdate: Melbourne 31/1/67, Adelaide 27/4/67

95. Keeper Of Lions

Christy Baker.......Anne Pendlebury
James Ellingham.......Vic Gordon
Nora Padgett.......Margaret Cruickshank
Alex Baker.......Brian Wenzel
Tom Gallagher.......Chuck Kehoe
Kevin Whitty.......Brian Hannan
Doris Baker.......Morna Jones

Script.......Della Foss-Paine

Synopsis: A girl shot dead near the zoo is identified as Christy Baker, teenage daughter of the zoo's lion keeper Alex Baker. As the Homicide team investigates, Christy's tragic life story unfolds in flashback.

Airdate: Melbourne 7/2/67, Adelaide 4/5/67

96. The Second Alibi

Geoffrey Gibson.......Ron Haddrick
Cliff Lang.......Peter Aanensen
Alan Barnes.......Syd Conabere
Fred Wilkins.......Roy Day
Mrs. Thomas.......Natalie Raine
Sheryl Cooper.......Anne Morgan
Barbara Lang.......Joan Letch
Jean.......Freda Feldworn
Girl.......Vicki Masters
Youth.......John Jones
Woman 1.......Patsy Dance
Woman 2.......Jean Hills

Script.......Phil Freedman
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg

Synopsis: After serving 15 years for murder, Geoffrey Gibson still claims he is innocent. Suspicions about a former witness cause the case to be re-opened.

Airdate: Melbourne 14/2/67, Adelaide 11/5/67

97. The Haven

Leo Johnson.......Don Pascoe
George Cook.......Maurie Fields
Keith Morgan.......Ross Thompson
Rosalie Johnson.......Carmel Millhouse
Det. Doug Marshall.......Gordon Timmins
Peter Smith.......Michael Cole
Constable.......Les James

Script.......Phil Freedman
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford

Synopsis: A woman dies mysteriously in the country, and detectives try to determine if she died from natural causes or foul play. Investigations lead to a house called 'The Haven'.

Airdate: Melbourne 21/2/67, Adelaide 18/5/67, Orange NSW 29/2/68

98. On Highway 31

Alan Watson.......Alister Smart
Brian Heath.......Mike Dorsey
Greg Watkins.......Carl Bleazby
Barbara Watson.......Judith Dick

Script.......Della Foss-Paine

Synopsis: A motorist is killed in a crash on the Hume Highway when his car goes up in flames. Police examine the wreck and suspect that petrol was poured inside it before the crash occurred, and it becomes a case for Homicide.  Investigations lead to Barbara Watson, the spoilt, selfish wife of a man who planned a murder to swindle an insurance company.

Airdate: Melbourne 28/2/67, Adelaide 25/5/67, Wollongong NSW 3/6/68

99. Zemsta

Roman Gorka.......Joe James
Alex Kapolski.......Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz
Ursula Kapolski.......Gilgi Hauser
Stan.......Nicholas Conomy
Berman.......Max Reddy
Sikorski.......John Warren

Script.......Terry Stapleton

Synopsis: A shot is fired at the celebrated Polish painter Alex Kapolski during an exhibition of his work. Police at first believe it is a prank, but they think again when Alex receives a note threatening his life.

Notes: Terry Stapleton scripted this episode with actor/poet/painter Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz in mind, whom he worked with in theatre in Adelaide. The character of Alex Kapolski is based on Dutkiewicz's real life.

Airdate: Melbourne 7/3/67

100. The Traveller

Jenny Craig.......Liza Goddard
Michael Parker.......Ian Boyce
Mrs. Craig.......Marion Johns
Det. Doug Marshall.......Gordon Timmins
Det. Brian Harper.......Lloyd Cunnington
First Const. Tom Roderick.......Graeme Syms
Sen. Const. Dave Bourke.......John Armstrong
Craig.......Keith Johns
Const. Bob Garrett.......Terence Ward
Doctor.......Brian Chase

Script.......Ian Jones
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Film Director.......Ian Jones
Film Associate Director.......David Lee
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Executive Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg
Script Editor.......Harold Lander

Synopsis: As motor-cycle policeman Const. Bourke overtakes a speeding car on the Geelong Highway, the driver deliberately rams him sending Bourke to his death as the bike crashes over a bank in flames.

Notes: Segments filmed in Geelong. The motorcycle for the crash stunt bounced back narrowly missing cameraman Alan Arnold who was pulled out of the way. The film was retained in the episode.

Airdate: Melbourne 14/3/67, Sydney 1/4/67, Wagga Wagga NSW 1/3/68

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