Homicide

- Season 1

(1964)

A group of students stage a mock bank hold-up to publicize 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.

An old couple who run a milk bar in an inner suburb are found brutally murdered. A young man is charged, but some doubts about his guilt still complicate the issue, which brings Det. Sgt. Bronson and Inspector Connolly into conflict.

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

Two young women are murdered in a park, and detectives race against time to prevent a third killing.

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.

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

Police dogs are used to track down a young man who has killed his father during an argument, and taken a boy with him who witnessed the incident.

Edward Heywood is reported missing, and later his body is found in a river. Two anonymous death threats provide detectives with an important clue. The man's wife had many lovers, and one of them makes a false confession.

A young girl is murdered, and police have a lot of trouble gathering sufficient evidence to bring the killer to justice, aware they must complete their case before he kills again.