27 Aug 2022
Birthday
Celebrating a birthday, a young boy and his exhausted babysitter wait for his unusually late parents.
Bad Blood
Sooner or later it runs to murder
During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people. The police, along with local Maori trackers, hunt him in the bush country.
Top Billed Cast
Jack Thompson Stan Graham
Carol Burns Dorothy Graham
Denis Lill Ted Best
Donna Akersten Doreen Bond
Martyn Sanderson Les North
Marshall Napier Trev Bond
Ken Blackburn Tommo Robson
John Bach Bert Cropp
Cliff Wood Henry Growcott
David Copeland George Lindsay
John Black Greg Hutchison
Greg Naughton Anker Madsen
Alan Jervis Wilks Ralph Frederic
Bruce Allpress Inspector Calwell
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