Major Bill Taylor (John Sheerin), leader of a fictitious Australian SAS-like regiment, is in charge of a hush-hush training exercise that goes wrong and is made to take leave (and the section disbanded) while the dust settles.
Joan Pearson (Regina Gaigalas) to investigate Webster through his henchman, eligible bachelor Noel Jenkins (Joseph Spano), pledging her to secrecy on account of the likely informer.
Taylor's men break into the Club in the "wee small hours" of the race day and camp in the fire escape.
Murray is put in charge of the investigation, and the unnamed informer (Greg Curran), passes police intelligence to Webster.
Taylor is careful – when counting the money he abstracts bundles of sequential notes for destruction, the remainder (some $6 million) is to be warehoused overseas for several years, and in the meantime they are to act normally.
Leaving no trace, they execute the gang after extracting a confession to Shaw's murder, and dispose of the bodies in a blazing car explosion.
"[1] The Sun-Herald also panned the movie writing "But to me Robbery, written by Brian Dale and produced and directed by Michael Thornhill, is more than just plain bad.
"[4] The Age's Barbara Hooks was also negative "The cause of Australian television was set back 20 years last night with the screening of the telemovie 'Robbery' (Channel 10, 8.30).
"[5] Cinema Paper's Marcus Breen was more positive finishing "It has too much boyish fantasy, and not enough of the cut and thrust of reality that distinguished Australian television shows like Division 4, Homicide, Matlock Police and Scales of Justice.