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Steelman sends his mate, Smith, into a pub to buy what beer he can with their remaining fourpence. He coaches Smith on what to say and how to act, but there is a fatal flaw in his plan.
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Steelman and Smith
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ABC Television
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1980
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1980
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— Appears in: Lawson's Mates 1980; (p. 58-104)'The heroes of this tale are professional itinerants — con men whose lifestyle is usually maintained at the expense of others. Steelman, the brains and manipulator, dominates the cringing Smith. After a series of misadventures Smith takes matters into his own hands for the first time and leaves Steelman high and dry. But he has not taken into account Steelman's tenacity.'
Source:
[Television guide], The Canberra Times, 1 February 1980, p.16.
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