Stock Squad Explained

Based On:an original idea by John Shaw
Brian Chirlian
Director:Howard Rubie
Starring:Martin Sacks
Gerard Kennedy
Kris McQuade
Richard Meikle
Country:Australia
Language:English
Producer:Tom Jeffrey
Cinematography:Ross Berryman
Runtime:92 mins
Company:Independent Productions
Network:Nine Network

Stock Squad is a 1985 Australian television film directed by Howard Rubie and starring Martin Sacks, Gerard Kennedy, Kris McQuade, and Richard Meikle. It focuses on the rural crime division.[1] It aired on 30 April 1986, in Sydney.[2]

Premise

In the country town of Mirabee, huge quantities of grain go missing from a Government operated silo. The stock squad is called in to investigate.

Cast

Reception

The Age called it "a thriller that doesn't thrill... as flat as the wheat country landscape."[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p145
  2. News: 28 April 1986 . TV Guide . The Sydney Morning Herald . 60.
  3. News: 15 May 1986 . Stalking a culprit . The Age Green Guide . 2.