8 Season
301 Episode
Division 4 - Season 2 Episode 20 My Mate Death
While serving a short sentence for theft, young and impressionable Malcolm Tanner formed a hero-worshipping friendship with his tough, ruthless cellmate Ernie Callan. After serving his sentence, Tanner is overjoyed when Callan offers to come and live with Tanner and his family while continuing his life of crime. However, joy turns to tragedy when it is learned that the police are hunting his mate, not only because of his criminal activities, but because he is a carrier of a deadly strain of smallpox.
- Year: 1976
- Country: Australia
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Studio: Nine Network
- Keyword: police, black and white, crime investigation
- Director: Hector Crawford, Ian Crawford
- Cast: Gerard Kennedy, Chuck Faulkner, Frank Taylor, Terence Donovan