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2 form y separately published work icon A Continental Gentleman Luis Bayonas , 1971 (Manuscript version)x402264 Z1914334 1971 single work film/TV crime

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

'ANTON: Middle 50's. He's been through war and a lot of suffering and has a fatalistic sense of life.

'MRS. McDOUGAL: Late 40's or early 50's. Good looking, kind-hearted, sentimental. Feels both maternal and romantic about Anton.

'WOODSIE: Early 20's, impulsive and thoughtless. Over-cool, over-confident.

'TOM: Late 30's, intelligent, professional thief.

'CRAIG: Middle 40's. Anton's ex-boss. A hypocrite.

'TIM: Early 30's. A hippy bum. (Dropout, phoney hippy). Lazy, dirty, well-educated. His stink must be almost visual.

'SARAH: Middle 30's. A senior prostitute with a divine personality.

'KATIE: Pretty, young, middle 20's. Pro., with a lot of confidence, very cool and pleasant. Anton's wife.

'RON: Middle 30's. A painter (painters and dockers crew) Malicious, distrusts everybody.

'CAPTAIN: A veteran sailor. Minds his business. Late 40's.

'SHOP ASSISTANT: Not camp.

'3 YOUNG PEOPLE (EXTRAS): Well-dressed, rich, mod, snob.

'GORGEOUS GIRL: (1) Same kind as above.

'BARMAN:

'CUSTOMER:

'LADY: (Gets knocked down).

'DRIVER OF VAN:

'2 GUARDS:

'6 PAINTERS AND DOCKERS:

'POLICE ACTUALS: (If available).'

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