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]

Stock Squad
Based onan original idea by John Shaw
Brian Chirlian
Written byHugh Stuckey
Directed byHoward Rubie
StarringMartin Sacks
Gerard Kennedy
Kris McQuade
Richard Meikle
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerTom Jeffrey
CinematographyRoss Berryman
Running time92 mins
Production companyIndependent Productions
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release30 April 1986 (1986-04-30)

Premise

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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

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Reception

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

References

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