The Cheaters

A robbery turns to tragedy when both robber and victim are shot dead. But when Hunter investigates the insurance payout due to the victim's husband he stumbles upon an ingenious plot. Guests Peter Reynolds, Sam Kydd, Sandra Dorne, Bruce Beeby, Anne Sharp and Martin Wyldeck.

Hunter goes undercover behind the Iron Curtain when the widow of a world-renowned doctor insured by Eastern Insurance believes her husband is still alive and being held prisoner. Guests Peter Illing, Bill Nagy, Gerard Heinz, Lionel Murton, Mary Kenton and Julian Sherrier.

When an off-license is robbed, the owner recognises one of the crooks as they make their escape and he telephones his friend Walter Allen for help. But before Allen can arrive, the crook has returned and murdered the poor shopkeeper. Guests Sean Kelly, John Bennett, Sally Bazely, C. Denier Warren, Susan Richards and Colin Tapley.

A serious accident on a Swiss ski slope implicates a well-known businessman in both a diamond smuggling racket and the attempted murder of his wife. Guests Peter Williams, Maurice Kaufmann, Naomi Chance, June Cunningham and Colin Tapley.

Mighty Warrior, Grand National favourite, falls badly during a race and has to be destroyed. His owners claim against their policy with Eastern Insurance, but Hunter's routine enquiries soon uncover dark goings on. Guests Ballard Berkeley, Gaylord Cavallaro, John Scott, Reginald Marsh, Ann Hanslip and Peter Bennett.

Eastern Insurance pays out a hefty claim to a captain whose ship was lost at sea. Then one of the crew, who supposedly drowned when the ship sank, is found in a London dockside cafe - murdered! Guests Francis de Wolff, Sandor Eles, John Bennett, Sally Smith, Bruce Beeby and Alan Browning.

A new employee interrupts a jewel robbery as the criminals make their getaway. Recognising one of the escaping thieves he tries his luck by turning blackmailer - with disastrous results. Guests Peter Howell, Ann Lynn, Valentine Dyall, Raymond Young, Larry Noble and Bernadette Milnes.

Hunter is struck by the similarity between the newspaper photograph of a murdered actor and a renowned pianist who is claiming an insurance payment for a recent accident. Guests Lisa Gastoni, George Pastell, Martin Boddey, Martin Wyldeck, Kenneth Edwards and Hugh Cross.

Hunter investigates an insurance claim when the fifth in a series of robberies occurs - and all are from new state-of-the-art safes owned by the same family. Guests John Carson, Kenneth Edwards, Robert Cawdron, Dorinda Stevens, Peter Sinclair and Peter Vaughan.

A plane disappears en-route to the States and all passengers are believed dead. Eastern Insurance begins to pay out on travel policies when an eye-witness recounts that he saw the plane explode. Guests William Fox, Hy Hazell, Humphrey Lestocq, Steve Plytas, Mary Kenton and Colin Tapley.

A train engine is derailed and a man found dead in the wreckage. Eastern Insurance are set to pay double indemnity on the policy, so Hunter investigates - and uncovers an unusual plot. Guests Valentine Dyall, Rowland Bartrop, Charles Houston, Vanda Godsell and Robert Cawdron.

When a heavily insured man dies of a heart attack and his wife vanishes after collecting the money, Hunter investigates - and finds a disturbing pattern of similar deaths and claims! Guests Bruce Beeby, Lisa Daniely, Jack May, John Scott, Vanda Godsell and Humphrey Lestocq.

Three weeks after Tom Jordan takes out a life policy for 50,000 his body is found in the wreckage of a burnt-out car. Hunter thinks it's an open and shut case, but Walter Allen believes otherwise. Guests Jill Ireland, Susan Swinford, David Courtnay, Gillian Vaughan, John Barcroft and Gordon Boyd.