The Best Episodes of Homicide Season 1

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   #1 - The Stunt

   S1:E110/20/1964

   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.

   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writers:Phil Freedman, Ian Jones

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   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writers:Phil Freedman, Ian Jones
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   #2 - A Handful of Money

   S1:E210/27/1964

   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.

   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Sonia Borg

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   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Sonia Borg
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   #3 - The Rosary

   S1:E311/3/1964

   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.

   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Sonia Borg

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   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

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   #4 - The Knot

   S1:E411/10/1964

   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.

   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Phil Freedman

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   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Phil Freedman
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   #5 - The Man in the Suede Jacket

   S1:E511/17/1964

   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.

   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Phil Freedman

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   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Phil Freedman
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   #6 - Aunt Sally

   S1:E611/24/1964

   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'.

   Directors:Alf Potter, Ian Jones

   Writer:Enid Johns

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   Directors:Alf Potter, Ian Jones

   Writer:Enid Johns
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   #7 - The Scent of Death

   S1:E712/1/1964

   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.

   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Della Foss-Paine

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   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Della Foss-Paine
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   #8 - The Missing Letter

   S1:E812/8/1964

   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.

   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Sonia Borg

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   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

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   #9 - The Silent Witness

   S1:E912/15/1964

   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.

   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Enid Johns

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   Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

   Writer:Enid Johns