TV series - "Whiplash" (1960-61) final four episodes

"Love Story in Gold" - fun episode with an outlandish premise...Graves is lured to a valley where he's forced to marry a woman who is the daughter of a convict. Neva Carr Glynn is great value as the materfamilias. Written by James Clavell! Margaret Newhill is the girl. The heart goes out of this when Glynn dies... you expect a big show down with the psycho but it never happens.

"The Secret of the Screaming Hills" - Graves gets a treasure map from a dying man. Some weird arse scenes digging in the desert with "ooh-ee-ooh" soounds. Felt slightly undercooked. Maybe I'm just getting over it.  Third last ep. Reg Livermore is in this.  Ken Goodlet. A few others. Too many others. These eps were better with only two or three guesties.

"Act of Courage" - Guy Doleman is back in another baddie role, a sundowner putting the moves on windowed mother Margo Lee, who has a kid Hondo style, Brett Hard. It's very Western style with Graves going to give evidence in a trial, "the Stewart brothers" wanting to stop him, the widowed marm. Ric Hutton is in it. Written by Hollywood writer, female Gerry Day.  The female influence is felt in putting Lee's character front and centre and also Doleman's enigmatic anti hero. The American influence comes in it being such an American story. The central situation could have had more tension.

"The Adelaide Arabs" - Graves gets robbed by some masked men. Strong cast including Chips Rafferty, Walter Pym. Nice to have horses. It was a little underwhelming though there's some decent action at the end and I always like Rafferty.