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EPISODES:
34.
LENGTH:
30 mins.
FORMAT:
Mono, Film.
PRODUCTION:
1959 - 1960 Artransa Park Studios co-production
with ITC and ATV Britain.
RUNNING ORDER: Official.
NETWORK:
ATN-7, Sydney; GTV-9, Melbourne. Repeat screenings
on 0-Ten network.
CAST:
Chris Cobb.......PETER GRAVES
Dan Ledward.......ANTHONY WICKERT
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EPISODE
TITLES
1.
Convict Town
2. Rider On The Hill
3. Love Story In Gold
4. Barbed Wire
5. The Actress
6. Sarong
7. The Other Side Of The Swan
8. Secret Of The Screaming Hills
9. Episode In Bathurst
10. The Twisted Road
11. Dutchman's Reef
12. Act Of Courage
13. Divide And Conquer
14. The Remittance Man
15. Day Of The Hunter
16. Solid Gold Brigade
17. Stage For Two
18. The Canoomba Incident
19. The Bone That Whispered
20. The Legacy
21. The Adelaide Arabs
22. The Rushing Sands
23. Fire Rock
24. The Hunters
25. Stage Freight
26. Portrait In Gunpowder
27. Ribbons And Wheels
28. The Wreckers
29. Storm River
30. Flood Tide
31. Dilemma In Wool
32. Dark Runs The Sea
33. The Magic Wire
34. The Haunted Valley
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1. Convict Town
Peter Garth.......John Fegan
Mike Jacky.......Ken Goodlet
Sally.......Noanie Rothsey
Tom Ledward.......Alex Cann
Storekeeper.......John Armstrong
Gilley.......Stuart Finch
Matthews.......Phillip Ross
Sam
Quint.......Ron Williams
Sentry.......Waverney Ford
Script.......Dwight Newton
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Maury Geraghty
Synopsis: Chris Cobb and one of his drivers arrive at a road construction site in
time to save one of their men from a brutal beating at the hands of three thugs. The thugs
are from Ledward's Bore, a mean settlement populated by con-men and ruffians.
'Big Tom' Ledward, the settlement's 'head man', ordered the beating in an attempt to prevent Cobb
from opening lines of communication near the Bore. Ledward's son Dan hates the
lifestyle of the Bore, and leaves the settlement and is given a job by Cobb. When a
wagon
loaded with gunpowder and supplies is stolen, and a Cobb employee is killed, suspicion falls on
Dan Ledward.
Airdate:
Melbourne
18/2/61
Toowoomba QLD 4/8/62
2. Rider On The Hill
Carthy.......Gordon Glenwright
Helen Turner.......Delia Williams
Morton.......Eric Reiman
Chengra.......Johnny Cadell
Constable.......Ivor Bromley
Script.......Harry Pink
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: A Cobb & Co. coach is wrecked when it runs into a heavy chain
deliberately placed in it's path by two bushrangers. A passenger is killed in
the crash, and Cobb kills the bushrangers in self-defence. He later receives an
Aboriginal death-stick, marking him to die at the next full moon. Defying the warning,
Cobb takes a coach into Aboriginal territory, knowing that one of his passengers - a
prisoner in chains, his police escort, an Aboriginal, a swagman and a
young woman - is his would-be killer.
Airdate:
Melbourne
25/2/61
3. Love Story In Gold
Smithy.......Owen Weingott
Tamros.......Neva Carr-Glyn
Toria.......Margaret Mewkill
Reverend.......Chris Christensen
Rufus.......Keith Silver
Sheridan.......Cecil West
Script.......James Clavell
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Smithy tosses a sack of gold into Cobb's office in
Sydney, and asks Cobb to personally undertake to transport a load of merchandise, including brandy, a
trousseau and two coffins, into the heart of New South Wales. Cobb hasn't
much enthusiasm for the job, but he is attracted by the price. At the agreed meeting place,
Cobb is overpowered and taken to a lush valley, where he meets the female leader of a group
of escaped convicts. She tells Cobb that he is to marry her daughter and he will be given
more gold than he can imagine. If he refuses, he will fill one of the coffins.
Notes: Anthony Wickert does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Melbourne
23/9/61
Sydney 30/9/61
Maryborough QLD 4/7/66
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Ep. 1: Peter Graves
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4. Barbed Wire
Doctor.......Gerry Duggan
Walt Sullivan.......Eric Reiman
John
Dundee.......Grant Taylor
Tercell.......Don Barkham
Joe Pierce.......Philip Ross
Roonga.......Robert Tudawali
Bobby Pierce.......Brett Hart
Script.......Harry Pink
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: A vicious landowner has a young farmer flogged for attempting to fence in
his land with barbed wire. Cobb and Ledward find the injured man, and Cobb goes
after the landowner, who orders one of his men to shoot Cobb. He then attempts to shoot
Cobb himself, but is thwarted by an Aboriginal station-hand.
Airdate:
Melbourne
18/3/61
Launceston TAS 9/8/62
Maryborough QLD 15/8/66
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Ep. 4: Robert Tudawali and
Peter Graves |
5. The Actress
Jenny Rochelle.......Jennifer Jayne
Mike Upton.......Lew Luton
Clare.......Cherry Butlin
Dodson.......Peter Carver
Jim.......Tony Davey
Elkins.......John Sherman
Ashton.......Jerome White
Coach driver.......Tony Davey
Script.......Gene Roddenberry
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Maury Geraghty
Assistant Director.......David Eastman
Synopsis: Cobb arrives in Dubbo to visit a girlfriend, but leaves the next day,
having been told that miners will no longer send their gold with Cobb & Co. - unless
Cobb can prevent bushranger Mike Upton's raids on the coaches. During the trip, Upton
waylays Cobb's coach and kidnaps a female passenger. Cobb, suspecting that Upton is more a
victim of circumstance than a criminal, trails Upton to his lair and rescues the girl.
When their trail crosses that of the irate miners, who are intent on lynching Upton, the
aspiring actress must give the performance of her career to save his life.
Notes: Anthony Wickert does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Melbourne
15/4/61
6. Sarong
Capart.......John Fegan
Luschen
Zumwalt.......Joe McCormick
Oscar Wenders.......John Tate
Terrani.......Barbara Guest
Nabila.......Dale Ford
Leilani.......Leilani Kemp
Hennessy.......Julian Flett
Bond girl 1.......Dorothea Lockner
Bond girl 2.......Natalie Thomas
Bond girl 3.......Willi Koopman
Script.......Gene Roddenberry
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Posing as a miner from the goldfields, Cobb heads north
towards Brisbane to
investigate the disappearance of several young women - 'bond girls',
indentured servants from the islands - who have vanished while travelling
on
Cobb & Co. coaches. He finds that the women were kidnapped and taken to a secluded
inlet, where they were forced to dive for the abundance of pearls found there.
Airdate:
Melbourne
4/3/61
Maryborough QLD 1/8/66
7. The Other Side Of The Swan
Wilfred
Swan.......Nigel Lovell
Cabby.......Eddie Hepple
Anna.......Margo Lee
Governor Sir John Eddington.......Ken Fraser
Tilbert.......Hugh Stewart
Police Sergeant.......Reg Lye
Hotel clerk.......Maurice Travers
Coachman.......Dave Haverton
Script.......Michael Plant
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: While in Melbourne to open a branch office, Cobb is asked
to do a personal favour for Sir John Eddington, the Governor of New South Wales - to locate his brother, who fled England after being charged with murder.
He was thought to be dead, but is now reported to be living in Melbourne under the assumed name Elliot Fajun. Cobb is warned that the assignment will be dangerous,
possibly fatal, and when he accepts an invitation to visit the Governor's 'niece', Cobb is
drugged and locked up.
Airdate:
Melbourne
11/3/61
Sydney 18/3/61
Lismore NSW 21/6/62
Maryborough QLD 11/7/66
8. Secret Of The Screaming Hills
Miranda Wooster.......Veronica Lang
Wooster.......Ken Goodlet
Ryan.......James Elliott
Mrs. Wooster.......Marion Johns
Tad Wooster.......Reg Livermore
Garrett.......Frank Waters
Frank Garrett.......George Roubicek
Joe Clever Fellow.......Pat Wedge
Doctor.......Tex Clark
Script.......Don Ingalls
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Cobb finds a dying man in the bush, and undertakes to deliver a map to
the man's wife. With the help of an Aboriginal, Cobb solves the mystery of the 'frog fella'
and a missing treasure.
Notes: Anthony Wickert does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Brisbane 18/2/61
Melbourne
30/9/61
Maryborough QLD 8/8/66
9. Episode In Bathurst
'Tiny' Denvers.......Chuck Faulkner
Matt Denvers.......Joe McCormick
Pecos Denvers.......Richard Meikle
Farmer.......Tom Farley
Thomas Perkins.......Geoffrey King
Publican.......Ron Shand
Tim Perkins.......George Roubicek
Script.......Gene Roddenberry
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Maury Geraghty
Assistant Director.......David Eastman
Synopsis: Three Americans, the Denvers brothers,
have moved into Bathurst and they employ
gangster methods to control the town and obtain easy money. They taunt Cobb, who is forced to kill one of them
in self-defence. Cobb then utilises his skill with a bullwhip and boomerang, and drives
the other two brothers out of town.
Notes: Annette Andre and Walter Pym are credited on
the episode as Charlene and Wenders respectively, but do not appear. The
character of Wenders was intended to be a high ranking government official
who informs Cobb his contract is in jeopardy unless the situation at
Bathurst is brought under control, but the part was dropped during a late
rewrite.
Airdate:
Melbourne
25/3/61
Sydney 1/4/61
10. The Twisted Road
Felicity Parr.......Rachel Lloyd
Ted
Cammidge.......Ben Gabriel
Dr. Inigo Table.......Tom Farley
Officer Daly.......Ivor Bromley
Maneeri.......Pat Wedge
Script.......Michael Plant
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Returning to Brisbane from an outback run, Cobb's coach is commandeered
to transport a prisoner, Ted Cammidge, from Goondiwindi to Brisbane. Cammidge is to stand
trial for murder, and is accompanied by his employer, Dr. Table, who plans to vouch for his innocence at the
trial. A young female passenger learns a valuable lesson in life before the journey is
completed.
Airdate:
Melbourne
1/4/61
Lismore NSW 30/8/62
Launceston TAS 13/9/62
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Ep. 5: Peter Graves and Lew Luton |
11. Dutchman's Reef
Teddy Norton.......Leonard Teale
Edwina.......Derani Scarr
Mrs. Cullert.......Queenie Ashton
Aboriginal.......Robert Tudawali
Charles.......Jerome White
Kelly.......Phillip Ross
Butler.......Norman Blacker
Script.......Gene Roddenberry
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer .......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Cobb goes to search for a missing white man rumoured to be living with an
Aboriginal tribe, and stumbles across a legendary rich gold deposit, known as
Dutchmans Reef.
Airdate:
Melbourne
8/4/61
Sydney 15/4/61
Brisbane 22/4/61
Maryborough QLD 12/9/66
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Ep. 11: Leonard Teale and Peter Graves |
12. Act Of Courage
Slyter.......Terry McDermott
Catherine Lachlan.......Janette Craig
Terri McKenna.......Margo Lee
Phil Lachlan.......Ric Hutton
Jamie Stuart.......Brian Hungerford
Sundowner.......Guy Doleman
Kelly.......Tony Madigan
Mike.......Brett Hart
Script.......Gerry Day
Director.......Ben Fox
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: On his way to testify at the trial of a bushranger charged with killing
one of his stagecoach drivers, Cobb arrives at drought-stricken Cross Creek Way Station
with two passengers, a married couple. He is met by a gang who plan to keep him prisoner
until after the bushranger's trial.
Airdate:
Sydney 18/2/61
Brisbane 23/2/61
Melbourne
7/10/61
Maryborough QLD 3/10/66
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Ep. 12: Terry McDermott |
13. Divide And Conquer
Jim Witton.......Lionel Long
Bill Fry.......Owen Weingott
Paddy Cowan.......Colin Croft
Sir John Wickett.......Harry Dearth
Joe Bryant.......Kirk Fabian
Dan Everett.......Bruck Wheeler
Billy Joe.......Henry Murdoch
Tom.......Simon Cain
Nellie.......Patricia Connolly
Briggs.......George Wallace Jr.
Script.......David Evans
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Bushranger Paddy Cowan joins Bill Fry and his gang in the abduction of
Cobb and a Government minister.
Airdate:
Melbourne
22/4/61
Launceston TAS 27/9/62
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Ep. 13: Colin Croft and Owen
Weingott |
14. The Remittance Man
Jimmy Quicksilver.......Stuart Wagstaff
Manny.......Roger Cox
Sir Alex Glynders.......Geoffrey King
Lady Glynders.......Nellie Lamport
Martin.......Kim Hamilton
Script.......Wells Root & Ron Bishop
Director.......John Meredyth-Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Jimmy Quicksilver, a 'gentleman' bushranger, asks Cobb to conceal
knowledge of his activities from two members of his aristocratic family, who have come to
Australia to take Quicksilver's son to England to be educated.
Airdate:
Melbourne
29/4/61
Sydney 6/5/61
Launceston TAS 4/10/62
Maryborough QLD 24/10/66
15. Day Of The Hunter
Pat Flegg.......Chips Rafferty
Garth Blake.......Max Osbiston
Maureen Flegg.......Rachel Lloyd
Captain Wardley.......Des Rolfe
Tom Flegg.......Peter McCredie
Billy Joe.......Henry Murdoch
Script.......Don Ingalls
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: A squatter's farm is burned down by a land-hungry man who trades on people's
fears by terrorising their families. Cobb undertakes a hazardous crossing of an Aboriginal burial ground to
assist.
Airdate:
Melbourne
6/5/61
Sydney 13/5/61
Maryborough QLD 10/10/66
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Ep. 14: Stuart Wagstaff and Peter Graves |
16. Solid Gold Brigade
Derby Strickland.......John Gray
Dodgeworth Fenton.......Don Pascoe
Mike Jacky.......Ken Goodlet
Oscar Wenders.......Walter Pym
Logan.......Tony Arpino
Adam Douglas.......John Brunskill
Baxter.......Ray Bushby
Gage.......Denys Burrows
Script.......Don Ingalls
Director.......Maury Geraghty
Producer.......Maury Geraghty
Synopsis: Cobb is transporting miner's gold from Fury Creek to Sydney, but enroute
a bushranger shoots him and leaves him for dead. The bushranger then attempts to
impersonate Cobb and get away with the gold.
Notes: First episode filmed. Scenes used in opening titles.
Airdate:
Melbourne
13/5/61
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Ep. 16: John Gray |
17. Stage For Two
Harry Wallace.......Leonard Teale
Reves.......Peter Guest
Babson.......Peter Armstrong
Braven.......Vaughan Tracy
Neil.......Rex Mansfield
Script.......Terry Maples
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Cobb becomes the reluctant ally of an escaping bank robber who is sought
not only by the police, but also by the outlaw gang he has cheated.
Notes: Anthony Wickert does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Melbourne
20/5/61
Sydney 27/5/61
Maryborough QLD 25/7/66
18. The Canoomba Incident
Joan Geddes.......Janette Craig
Rick Geddes.......Lew Luton
Peebles.......Stewart Ginn
Bessie Parker.......Brenda Senders
Kemp.......Don McNiven
Thurston.......Ralph Peterson
Script.......Ralph Peterson & Richard Grey
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Upon arrival in Canoomba, Cobb and Dan Ledward find
the men are away digging gold and the women are running the town. Dan Ledward
finds romance in the town before being assigned the perilous task of carrying a fortune in gold
from the diggings to Canoomba.
Notes: Scriptwriter Ralph Peterson makes a
brief on-camera appearance in the minor role of Thurston.
Airdate:
Melbourne
17/6/61
Sydney 24/6/61
Maryborough QLD 31/10/66
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Ep. 17: Leonard Teale |
19. The Bone That Whispered
Edwin Regnor.......Nigel Lovell
Dalgowlie.......Robert Tudawali
Barrow.......Reg Lye
Marianne Regnor.......Gwenda Pippen
Tjalkalieri.......Jack Kelly
Billy Joe.......Henry Murdoch
Script.......Michael Plant
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: When a small girl is left motherless, Cobb sets out to track down her
father, a man charged with murder who has fled the law swearing his innocence and now
lives with an Aboriginal tribe.
Airdate:
Melbourne
27/5/61
Sydney 3/6/61
Launceston TAS 23/8/62
Maryborough QLD 29/8/66
20. The Legacy
Jo Acton.......Betty Lucas
Harold
Lenke.......Kenric Hudson
Alfred.......Ron Graham
Adam.......Moray Powell
Maloomba.......Reg Livermore
Paul.......John Brunskill
Script.......Bill Templeton
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Anxious to obtain good grazing land for his horses, Cobb approaches the
heir to the large Carter estate to enquire about a grazing lease on the
property. Cobb's request falls on unresponsive ears, and after he
discusses the situation with their solicitor, he becomes directly involved
in events concerning the Carter legacy.
Notes: Anthony Wickert does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Melbourne
3/6/61
Sydney 10/6/61
Launceston TAS 8/11/62
Maryborough QLD 28/11/66
21. The Adelaide Arabs
O'Hara.......Chuck Faulkner
Sorrel.......Chips Rafferty
Link.......Don Barkham
Lt. Hoffman.......Stuart Wagstaff
Auctioneer.......Al Thomas
Virginia Jessop.......Coralie Neville
Poole.......Walter Pym
Wallace.......Peter Owen
Script.......Ralph Peterson
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Script Editor.......Michael Plant
Synopsis: A female horse-breeder, a gang of bushrangers, and
Chris Cobb are all in
hot competition for the possession of three magnificent Arabian horses, and the contest
soon becomes a fight to the death.
Notes: Anthony Wickert does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Melbourne
10/6/61
Sydney 17/6/61
Launceston TAS 1/11/62
Maryborough QLD 21/11/66
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Ep. 19: Nigel Lovell and
Peter Graves |
22. The Rushing Sands
Petey Hibberd.......Gordon Glenwright
Kenneth Colby.......Nevil Thurgood
Chad Karpner.......Barry Linehan
Script.......Michael Plant
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: In his Duranga office, Chris Cobb finds Petey Hibberd, a
one time star driver for the Cobb stage line and now a mere husk of a man
expecting death. Hibberd dedicates his last days to tracking down
a bushranger who he believes has murdered his son.
Airdate:
Melbourne
24/6/61
Sydney 1/7/61
23. Fire Rock
Ella Clauson.......Delia Williams
Walter Clauson.......Kevin Golsby
Kogarah.......Robert Tudawali
David Clauson.......Alistair Roberts
Script.......Michael Plant
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: A trusted Cobb & Co. agent disappears in the Taroomba’,
a sacred Aboriginal burial ground which is rich in opal. His wife, taking full advantage of
the attraction that her beauty has for men, persuades Cobb to lead a search party
- with surprising results.
Airdate:
Melbourne
1/7/61
Launceston TAS 25/10/62
Maryborough QLD 14/11/66
24. The Hunters
Mary Dillon.......Bettina Welch
Len
Dillon.......Philip Ross
Mundaru.......Robert Tudawali
Billy Joe.......Henry Murdoch
Script.......Morris West
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: A white cattleman, Dillon, inadvertently interrupts the ritual killing of a
bull by a tribe of Aboriginals, and, according to tribal custom, must
himself be killed to complete the cycle of events. A
spear hurled by tribesman Mundaru seriously wounds him, but Dillon manages
to escape. When Dillon's riderless horse returns to the homestead Cobb
sets out on a desperate race against time.
Notes: Anthony Wickert does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Melbourne
8/7/61
Lismore NSW
2/8/62
Maryborough QLD 21/8/66
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Anthony Wickert |
25. Stage Freight
Tom.......Terry McDermott
Margaret.......Fernande Glyn
Rosie London.......Margo Lee
Magnus Irving.......Eric Reiman
Joe Scammell.......Barry Linehan
Policeman.......Bernard Don
Baggage handler.......Peter Armstrong
Script.......Ralph Peterson
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Cobb has a full load of passengers on the return journey from Mowamba,
and it seems certain that among them are a man and a woman who have committed a brutal
murder.
Airdate:
Melbourne
15/7/61
Launceston TAS 15/11/62
26. Portrait In Gunpowder
Jimmy Quicksilver.......Stuart Wagstaff
Denise de Mornay.......Therese Talbert
Manny.......Roger Cox
Murchison.......Alan Light
Script.......Michael Plant
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Cobb accepts a commission to transport a renowned artist
newly arrived from France to an undisclosed destination. He again crosses the path of Jimmy
Quicksilver, a 'gentleman bushranger' whose dishonesty is equalled only by his
good manners and sense of
humour.
Notes: Stuart Wagstaff reprises his role of Jimmy Quicksilver, first seen in ep. 14,
The Remittance Man.
Airdate:
Melbourne
22/7/61
Hobart
15/5/62
Launceston TAS 20/12/62
Maryborough QLD 2/1/67
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Ep. 25: Terry McDermott, Fernande Glyn,
Anthony Wickert and Peter Graves |
27. Ribbons And Wheels
Kate Parsons.......Ursula Finlay
Bunyip.......Tom Farley
Horton.......Grant Taylor
Kubley.......Kevin Colson
Race judge.......Don McNiven
George.......Charles McCallum
Script.......Ralph Peterson
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: The usual calm of outback Ginini is shattered when Cobb accepts a
challenge to race a Western Co. stagecoach over the usual route to Brindabella by two men
of doubtful business ethics.
Airdate:
Melbourne
29/7/61
28. The Wreckers
Kuraba.......Robert Tudawali
Norris.......Guy Doleman
Harris.......Deryck Barnes
Gillespie.......Max Osbiston
Hobart.......Roger Cox
Ned.......Warwick Ray
Gang member.......Reg Gorman
Chief officer.......Hugh Stewart
Police clerk.......Nat Levison
Tom.......Barry Armand
Evans.......Bill Brady
Wagon master.......Bernard Don
Script.......Daphne Field
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: A group of bushrangers capture a Cobb & Co. coach, and use
it in a series of raids and robberies implicating Cobb. Determined to protect his company's reputation,
Cobb tracks down the bushrangers with the assistance of Dan Ledward and Kuraba, an Aboriginal
who came to his aid.
Airdate:
Melbourne
5/8/61
Launceston TAS
6/9/62
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Ep. 27: Ursula Finlay and Peter Graves |
29. Storm River
Cassie.......Annette Andre
John Kerrabee.......Grant Taylor
Cloy.......Norman Erskine
Script.......Don Ingalls
Director.......John Meredyth-Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Battling his way through a violent storm with a lame horse, Cobb is
felled by an unseen foe. He recovers consciousness in the bedroom of an outback cabin,
minus his money-belt. The cabin's other occupant is a girl who longs to travel to Sydney to
train as a designer. She asks Cobb to take her with him, but when they set out for Sydney
they meet with deadly opposition.
Notes: Anthony Wickert does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Melbourne
12/8/61
Maryborough QLD 16/1/67
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Ep. 29: Annette Andre |
30. Flood Tide
Sarah Bartley.......Shirley Broadway
Jess Beldon.......Barry Linehan
Script.......Michael Plant
Director.......Ben Fox
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Cobb and his sole passenger, Sarah Bartley, spend the night with him in a
deserted house trapped by a flood. During the night a violent storm strikes, and all is
not as it seems when a mysterious stranger arrives to seek shelter.
Notes: Anthony Wickert does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Melbourne
19/8/61
Sydney
26/8/61
Launceston TAS
13/12/62
Maryborough QLD 26/12/66
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Ep. 30: Shirley Broadway and Peter
Graves |
31. Dilemma In Wool
Nina Alvarez.......Janette Craig
Jose.......Nigel Lovell
Dyson.......Lionel Long
Carlos Alvarez.......Neil Fitzpatrick
Drover.......Chris Christensen
Script.......Ralph Peterson
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Cobb becomes involved in the strange story of a fugitive Spanish couple,
a stolen lamb, and the beginning of Australia's wool growing industry.
Airdate:
Melbourne
26/8/61
Launceston TAS 10/1/63
32. Dark Runs The Sea
Fiona Merrick.......Annette Andre
Arnold Lufton.......Joe McCormick
Raike Darkner.......Guy Doleman
Bradley Bradley.......Reg Lye
Jake.......Neville Gaha
Lieutenant.......John Brunskill
Script.......Michael Plant & Oscar Maillard
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Attractive, young, thrill-seeking Fiona Merrick, niece of the local
magistrate, is kidnapped in the outback. Cobb is mystified when he discovers that she is
apparently a willing victim, and the local magistrate is reluctant to press on with the
search for her.
Airdate:
Melbourne
2/9/61
Launceston TAS 29/11/62
33. The Magic Wire
Jack
Sheridan.......Terry McDermott
Sam
Green.......Peter Aanensen
Kunama.......Robert Tudawali
Tjankata.......Nosepeg
Script.......Ralph Peterson
Director.......Peter Maxwell
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Aboriginal attacks imperil the laying of an overhead telegraph line.
Cobb, contracted to freight supplies from the coast to a telegraph construction camp,
discovers that the attacks are being instigated by a white man who has much to gain if the
work is not completed on schedule.
Airdate:
Melbourne
9/9/61
Maryborough QLD
9/1/67
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34. The Haunted Valley
Catha Cameron.......Bettina Welch
Major
MacReady.......Ron Whelan
Robbie MacReady.......Kevin Colson
Kilcain.......Norman Blackler
Script.......Gerry Day
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas
Synopsis: Cattlemen at Wallaby Junction lose stock in mysterious thefts which
convince Cobb that there must be a secret pass through the surrounding mountains. He sets
out to find the trail and catch the thief.
Airdate:
Melbourne
16/9/61
Launceston TAS 30/8/62
Maryborough QLD 5/9/66
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