Season 1

Episodes • 1964

John Fegan
Terry McDermott
Lex Mitchell
The Stunt

1. The Stunt

60 min

A group of students stage a mock bank hold-up to publicise a charity. When the students' leader is shot dead by a bank guard, Homicide detectives have to establish whether the guard was acting within his duty or recklessly; a complication is that jealousy in the group caused the student to be 'set up' for the shooting.

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A Handful of Money

2. A Handful of Money

60 min

An old couple who run a milk bar in an inner suburb are found brutally murdered. A young man is charged, and confesses, but Det. Sgt. Bronson's doubts about his guilt still complicate the issue, and bring he and Insp. Connolly into conflict.

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The Rosary

3. The Rosary

60 min

For three days, a cottage in the Dandenong Ranges provides a perfect honeymoon hideaway. But then the young bride is brutally slain, and Homicide detectives find themselves investigating bigamy as well as murder.

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The Knot

4. The Knot

60 min

An unidentified young woman is murdered in a park, the second such occurrence, and Homicide detectives have to race against time to prevent a third killing.

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The Man in the Suede Jacket

5. The Man in the Suede Jacket

60 min

Nancy Tate is kidnapped by two men, taken to a lonely spot and murdered. A search begins for a mysterious eye-witness wearing a cap and a suede jacket.

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Aunt Sally

6. Aunt Sally

60 min

A clerk is shot when two masked men hold up a factory and steal a $10,000 payroll. Homicide detectives have no real leads, and must rely on information from an informer, Sgt. Bronson's 'Aunt Sally'.

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The Scent of Death

7. The Scent of Death

60 min

A body is discovered in a railway box-car at the Jolimont railway yards, from where a young boy has also gone missing. Police dogs are called in to track down the killer, a young man who has killed his father with an iron bar during an argument, and fled with the only witness - the missing boy.

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The Missing Letter

8. The Missing Letter

60 min

Edward Heywood is reported missing, and three weeks later his body is recovered from the Yarra River. Two anonymous letters - death threats - provide the Homicide detectives with an important clue. The man's wife, Katarina, had many lovers, and when she reports her sister-in-law Norma has suicided, one of her lovers, Rogowski, makes a false confession.

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The Silent Witness

9. The Silent Witness

60 min

When an attractive young girl is murdered, it doesn't take long for the Homicide detectives to identify her killer; but they have a tense time gathering sufficient evidence to bring him to trial, aware that before they can complete their case he may well kill again.

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