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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 The Custodian
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Quinlan, a highly decorated and respected policeman, suffers from clinical depression. Quinlan's depression stems both from his work (primarily the extensive police corruption he sees around him) and his private life (primarily the fact that his wife wanted him to take bribes so so their lifestyle could improve).

Quinlan partners with his closest friend, the corrupt Detective Sergeant Frank Church, to work to bring down the corrupt officers from within the system. Working with a reporter and an officer from Internal Affairs, Quinlan exposes the corrupt officers to the press, even though he himself will be caught up (as a double agent) in the wave of arrests and sent to jail for corruption.

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First known date: 1993

Works about this Work

The Day of the Jackals Bob Ellis , 1994 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 March 1994; (p. 21)
Struggling to Impress Michael Hutak , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 March 1994; (p. 22)

— Review of The Custodian John Dingwall , 1993 single work film/TV
Potent Police Drama 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 March 1994; (p. wkd 8)

— Review of The Custodian John Dingwall , 1993 single work film/TV
Police Graft Comes Too Close for Comfort David Stratton , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 March 1994; (p. rev 11)

— Review of The Custodian John Dingwall , 1993 single work film/TV
The Custodian Andrew L. Urban (interviewer), 1993 single work interview
— Appears in: Cinema Papers , October no. 95 1993; (p. 22-26)
Police Graft Comes Too Close for Comfort David Stratton , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 March 1994; (p. rev 11)

— Review of The Custodian John Dingwall , 1993 single work film/TV
Potent Police Drama 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 March 1994; (p. wkd 8)

— Review of The Custodian John Dingwall , 1993 single work film/TV
Struggling to Impress Michael Hutak , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 March 1994; (p. 22)

— Review of The Custodian John Dingwall , 1993 single work film/TV
The Day of the Jackals Bob Ellis , 1994 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 March 1994; (p. 21)
The Custodian Andrew L. Urban (interviewer), 1993 single work interview
— Appears in: Cinema Papers , October no. 95 1993; (p. 22-26)
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