Peter Ashbury is a young man who lives on Palm Beach, Sydney, with an expensive wife Mary and house he cannot afford. Their neighbours and close friends are Liz and Charles Barcher. He makes a £25,000 bet to murder Liz, the wife of the wealthy Charles. When the wife dies, blame attaches to Peter and then to his wife Mary.

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• Roger Climpson
• June Thody
• Nigel Lovell
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• Ron Haddrick
• Tommy Dysart
• Stewart Ginn
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