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Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
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Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 Way Back
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'Marshall is a man with secrets ... secrets that he's tried to keep for thirteen years. Ryan's efforts to get at the truth are complicated by a nervous doctor, an alcoholic wife, a crooked lawyer, a strange gunman and a sweet 18 year old named Susan - who is the key to the biggest secret of all.'

Source: Synopsis held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection (RMIT).


The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'JACK MARSHALL. 50-ish. Just released from gaol after spending 13 years inside on a murder charge. Large man, full of rough edges. Basically warm, compassionate, but for much of the episode he will appear sinister and threatening. Drives a car.

'SUSAN MORRISON. About 18. Attractive, likeable, uncomplicated. A couple of emotional scenes but not an enormous amount of dialogue.

'LORNA MORRISON. Late 30's. Hard drinking, brittle, bitchy. Still attractive but it's taking longer.

'DR. HOWARD MORRISON. Late 40's. Life and Lorna have taken their toll. Beset with worries and anxieties.

'FRANK POWELL. 40's. A solicitor who works on the shady side of the street. Devious, full of deals, forever manipulating. Drives a car.

'DANNY CARTER. Early thirties. Sees himself as Melbourne's answer to Bogart - a killer who probably rehearses in front of the mirror. But a killer nonetheless. And a queer. Narcissistic. Drives a car, runs, fights.

'ALAN ARCHER. Mid-twenties. Susan Morrison's boyfriend. An estimable young man who manages the local Drive-In Cinema. Drives a car.

'SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT. Early 20's. Likeable and a bit cheeky.

'BARMAN. One liner.'

Notes

  • This entry has been compiled from archival research in the Crawford Collection (AFI Research Collection), undertaken by Dr Catriona Mills under the auspices of the 2012 AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) Research Fellowship.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1973 .
      image of person or book cover 8198987627644250914.jpg
      Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 67p.p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is copied on green paper and labelled 'Code: C3H' on the cover page. A notation in black ink in the upper right-hand corner of the cover page indicates that this is copy number 2 of the script and is designated for Julie Miller. (Crawford Productions tribute website [crawfordproductions.tv] indicates that Miller worked in continuity.)
      • '24' has been written on the cover page in black felt pen, although this aired as episode 27.
      • The script is annotated throughout in lead pencil. The annotations are additions to or highlighting of music and sound cues, and alterations to the dialogue. There is a high degree of annotation, most of it alterations to dialogue.
      • The file also contains the following ancillary material, access to some of which is restricted:

        1. Casting call sheets.

        2. Publicity storyline, with cast and crew details.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: RYA SC : 27
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