TV series

Homicide

Name: Homicide
Released: 1964
Cast: Charles Tingwell, Don Barker, Gary Day, Dennis Grosvenor

1964–1976· 14 seasons· 50 min episodes★ 5.8Ended

On Seven Network — From Crawford Productions · Seven Network

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Synopsis

Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.

Themes

detective inspector australia police melbourne, australia true crime homicide detective homicide investigation

Episodes

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E1 The StuntNext upOct 20, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: John McMahon (Narrator (voice)), Roly Barlee (Coroner), Gordon Glenwright (John Healy), Susanne Haworth (Prue Ellison), Ian Turpie (Lindsay Murdock), Peggy Nunn (Mrs. Ellison), John Derum (Ray Healy), Joan Letch (Barbara Healy)
E2 A Handful of MoneyOct 27, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: John McMahon (Narrator (voice)), William Lloyd (Mr. Justice Forest), Keith Lee (The Prosecutor), Terry Norris (Defence Counsel), Vic Haggith (Herbert Floyd), Judith Arthy (Joyce Paton), Eric Coladetti (Bruce Wilson), Pat Littlewood (Betty Floyd)
E3 The RosaryNov 3, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: John McMahon (Narrator (voice)), Roly Barlee (Coroner), Terry Norris (Defence Counsel), Ron Pinnell (John Mitchell), Helen Agland (Maria White), Althea Murphy (Louise White), Don Pascoe (Charles Parkinson), Lorna Forbes (Mrs. Bolwell)
E4 The KnotNov 10, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: John McMahon (Narrator (voice)), Terry Norris (Defence Counsel), Robert McDarra (Harold Roper), Rosemary Gerrette (Angela Smith), Stella Lamond (Mrs. Smith), Madeline Orr (Mrs. Hammond), Kit Taylor (James Curtin), Malcolm Phillips (Gordon Phillips)
E5 The Man in the Suede JacketNov 17, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Terry Norris (Defence Counsel), Norman Kaye (Prosecutor), Eve Hardwicke (Beryl Marsden), Ray Wheeler (Colin Tate), Felicity Young (Nancy Tate), Douglas Kelly (Stephen Bickford), Bill Lewis (Clifford Harris), Harriet Polak (Lynne Gardiner)
E6 Aunt SallyNov 24, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
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'.
Guest stars: John McMahon (Narrator (voice)), Roly Barlee (Coroner), Terry Norris (Defence Counsel), Al Mack (Aunt Sally), Clifford Neate (Jack Brophy), Peter Drake (George Long), Dawn Klingberg (Edna Malone), Kym Parry (Judith Fulton)
E7 The Scent of DeathDec 1, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Terry Norris (Defence Counsel), Keith Birney (Dick Ryan), Patricia Kennedy (Mrs. Ryan), Penelope Shelton (Laura Hopkins), Tony Sheldon (Gary Hopkins), Leonard Lee (Doug Fielding), Roy Day (Cox), Stephen MacLean (Tony Bradshaw)
E8 The Missing LetterDec 8, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: John McMahon (Narrator (voice)), Terry Norris (Defence Counsel), Sonia Borg (Katrina Heywood), Louise Homfrey (Norma Heywood), Tommy Dysart (Nicolo Rogowski), Kurt Ludescher (Anton Poznan), Ian Neil (George Heywood), Edward Howell (Pathologist)
E9 The Silent WitnessDec 15, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: John McMahon (Narrator (voice)), Roly Barlee (Coroner), Terry Norris (Defence Counsel), Fay Kelton (Carol Weston), Frances McDonald (Wendy Baxter), John Paton (Arnold Smythe), Elspeth Ballantyne (Maureen Davis)