Homicide (1964)
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.
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Episode 1 - The Hook
Release Date: 1965-01-26A man dies a violent death aboard a boat at dawn. Although there is an eye-witness, he claims he was too far away to identify the killer, and the Homicide detectives have some fast thinking to do as they pursue their suspects around the confusing world of the waterfront.
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Episode 2 - Manhunt
Release Date: 1965-02-02When William Nelson blows up the car of a business acquaintance, killing him, he is quickly brought to justice, and sentenced to serve a life sentence for murder. However, Nelson is cunning and resourceful, and escapes from custody – and it is not only his freedom he wants, but a chance to even up the score against the main prosecution witness.
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Episode 3 - The Decimal Point
Release Date: 1965-02-09A convict who has broken out of jail is murdered at the rendezvous with an accomplice, and Det. Sgt. Bronson suspects that there is a connection between his death and an unsolved robbery committed five years earlier.
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Episode 4 - Aftermath
Release Date: 1965-02-16Retired Inspector Bob Fenton, former chief of the Homicide squad, is fatally stabbed and his body left in the driveway of the home of Insp. Connolly. Fenton appears to have been the victim of revenge, and Connolly realises that he could be the next target.
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Episode 5 - Business Is Business
Release Date: 1965-02-23A business colleague of Douglas Hadrion, knowing he has a weak heart, succeeds after several attempts in causing his death by inducing a heart attack.
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Episode 6 - The Skeleton
Release Date: 1965-03-02A body found floating in Port Phillip Bay is identified as that of gambler George Duff. He has been shot. Homicide detectives are surprised when their investigations reveal that Duff was married to the headmistress of a leading girl's school.
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Episode 7 - The Juveniles
Release Date: 1965-04-27A water skier is murdered when she takes a tumble and the speed boat bears down on her. Police soon find a connection between a baby sitting agency, a group of juvenile delinquent motor cyclists and a series of burglaries.
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Episode 8 - Motive for Two
Release Date: 1965-05-11Catherine Leonardson has a wealthy husband who has taken second place to the other men in her life. Tension in their home turns to murder, and detectives find evidence making two men look equally guilty.
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Episode 9 - Strange Cargo
Release Date: 1965-05-18An ingenious plot to steal a consignment of diamonds leads to murder, and detectives are baffled as to who the culprits are - until they turn their attention to a number of large crates recently delivered to a factory.
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Episode 10 - Dead on Two
Release Date: 1965-05-25Two criminals kidnap a doctor in order to treat a wounded man who was injured during a gunfight in which another man was killed.
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Episode 11 - The White Mistress
Release Date: 1965-06-04The Homicide squad has help from the Forensic division when investigating the death of a woman who had apparently ceased to exist a year before being killed.
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Episode 12 - The Violators
Release Date: 1965-06-15Matters are complicated for the police when a young girl shirks from the publicity she fears will result if she makes known the full story of her abduction and gang rape, following the revenge which was meted out to her assailants.
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Episode 13 - The Partners
Release Date: 1965-06-18A man found dead in a burnt out car at the foot of a cliff is presumed to be the owner, James Bannister. But further evidence points to Bannister still being alive, and detectives gradually unravel an insurance fraud which ends in another murder.
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Episode 14 - The Brand
Release Date: 1965-06-25When Homicide detectives probe the underworld to investigate the murder of a prostitute, they find the dead girl's friends and accomplices all fear for their own lives. Their investigations are complicated by an obvious crank with a passion for reforming people.
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Episode 15 - Ladies' Man
Release Date: 1965-07-13When con-man Hal Dunstan gets over-confident, a chance encounter with a prowler in a graveyard triggers more than he can cope with.
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Episode 16 - One Man Crime Wave
Release Date: 1965-07-20A series of apparently unrelated crimes appear to be the work of a careless amateur, until a discovery by an old tramp and a fatal bashing set detectives on a new line of inquiry.
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Episode 17 - Forgotten Murderer
Release Date: 1965-07-27When prominent Melbourne solicitor Gerard Marquard is killed, detectives connect his death to the disappearance of a forged document. They concentrate on two suspects: one a well-known confidence trickster, the other a young German migrant.
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Episode 18 - Second Time Round
Release Date: 1965-08-03The murder of a baccarat king leads to an arrest. The charged man has a watertight alibi, but wagging tongues and mistrust force the killer to strike again.
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Episode 19 - The Fifth Column
Release Date: 1965-08-10Sen. Det. Mackay joins Homicide, and is immediately implicated in a store robbery because he is being framed by another criminal. Det. Fraser is promoted and transferred to another squad.
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Episode 20 - Eye-Witness
Release Date: 1965-08-17A young mother is murdered and her small daughter is missing. Police and trackers comb rugged country for the killer, and question relatives about the little girl whose disappearance is obviously connected to her mother's death.
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Episode 21 - Inside the City
Release Date: 1965-08-24A girl en route to her city office finds a dead man lying on a rooftop. During the subsequent investigation, Homicide detectives uncover some shady dealings with her father's business.
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Episode 22 - Catapult
Release Date: 1965-08-31A bookmaker is brutally robbed and murdered, and Homicide detectives suspect a group of punters led by smooth talking Johnny Parke. Their search brings them to further violence when tension flares up between the suspects.
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Episode 23 - An Act of Love
Release Date: 1965-09-07A relationship develops between two migrants who have a love of music. She has an incurable illness and is going to die. Both decide to commit suicide. He kills her but he doesn't have the courage to kill himself.
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Episode 24 - Double Cross
Release Date: 1965-09-14When a body is washed up on St Kilda beach, Homicide detectives discover that the victim was involved in the smuggling of narcotics.
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Episode 25 - Sentence of Death
Release Date: 1965-09-21The prompt rescue by Sen. Det. Mackay of a man who is nearly killed by a train leads to an unexpected clue and a tragic reason behind the death of a woman.
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Episode 26 - Witch Hunt
Release Date: 1965-09-28A policewoman joins the Homicide detectives to probe a death which takes them into the realm of strange witchcraft rites.
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Episode 27 - For Pity's Sake
Release Date: 1965-10-05Three young women die, and investigations lead the Homicide detectives into the field of psychiatry, and to a mentally deranged man who has become a criminal through misfortune, and whom they fear will kill again.
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Episode 28 - Birds of a Feather
Release Date: 1965-10-12A woman dies a violent death, and some stolen diamonds are missing. A link between the two crimes provides Homicide detectives with several leads. The chase is on when the prime suspect flees from both his own accomplices and police.
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Episode 29 - Colour of Hate
Release Date: 1965-10-19A man stealing a car kills a young policeman. There are witnesses, but they all fail to identify the prime suspect. A piece of evidence left at the scene finally catches him out.
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Episode 30 - Let's Have a Funeral
Release Date: 1965-10-26Christopher Lodge receives a shock when an undertaker calls to collect his body. His fear mounts when a wreath is delivered, and detectives are called in to investigate his "murder".
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Episode 31 - A Lonely Place
Release Date: 1965-11-02The cruel deaths of three young children in Heathmont lead police to a man who can't help but kill children when he drinks.
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Episode 32 - The Outcast
Release Date: 1965-11-09Pam Woods accidentally hits a man with a car and he dies. Panic-stricken she takes off. And her own life is in jeopardy with someone who wants her to keep quiet.
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Episode 33 - Good and Sufficient Reason
Release Date: 1965-11-16Gil Slade, a bully, and brutish lout, kills a man for no reason other than he made Slade look foolish at the pub, and no one will stand up to him or go to the police.
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Episode 34 - Speed the Dying
Release Date: 1965-11-23A man, who is convinced that he has every right to deceive and defraud others, sets up a rest home for old people. But an elderly female resident is murdered without any apparent motive.
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Episode 35 - The Novice
Release Date: 1965-11-30An elderly woman is murdered when she disturbs a thief who has broken into her home. Police get a big clue as to who the killer is and go after him before he kills again.
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Episode 36 - Coincidence
Release Date: 1965-12-07A young girl is lured to her death when she answers a newspaper advertisement, and Policewoman Helen Hopgood assists the Homicide detectives in tracing the murderer.
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Episode 37 - Sunday Frolic
Release Date: 1965-12-14Det. Sgt. Bronson's wife, Pat, is witness to a despicable attack on a cripple by three youths. Her own life is in danger when they try to grab her so she can't identify them.