Stock Squad

1986 Australian TV series or program

Stock Squad
Based on	an original idea by John Shaw Brian Chirlian
Written by	Hugh Stuckey
Directed by	Howard Rubie
Starring	Martin Sacks Gerard Kennedy Kris McQuade Richard Meikle
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Tom Jeffrey
Cinematography	Ross Berryman
Running time	92 mins
Production company	Independent Productions
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	30 April 1986 (1986-04-30)

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

Martin Sacks as Ric Santana
Gerard Kennedy as Ken Ritchie
Kris McQuade as Caroline Marshall
Richard Meikle as McCabe
Michael O'Neill as Andy Marshall
Jay Hackett as McIntyre
Carmen Duncan
Tony Blackett
Phillip Ross
Brendon Lunney
Su Cruickshank
Jim Holt

Reception

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

References

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