Cirrus@Austlit

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'CHARLIE HILL: 35. Good looking with an air of failure about him. Emotionally disturbed. Taken some hard knocks. Must drive.

'SUSAN HILL: 30. Pretty, but very tired. She's borne a lot of responsibility over the years. Strong personality. Basically middle class. Suburban.

'JOHNNY HILL: 7. Very shy and of fragile constitution. Loves both his parents.

'EDDIE ROSOLINO: 45. Ex-con. Reformed, now successful artist. Rough hewn, but easy going nature.

'GERALD MOORE: 55. English and a bit superior. Elegant dresser. Art critic who wields an acidic pen. Snob. Surrounds himself with good taste.

'WALTER MACDIVOTT: 55-60. Former fence, now reformed and respectable Large man, possibly with bushy beard. Modified Bohemian.

'LUCY MACDIVOTT: 35-40. Nice looking. No lines.'

'GLADYS TOOMEY: 30-35. Very hip. Cultivates arty people. Very anti-establishment, but tolerant as well.

'JACK NEELEY: 65. Pensioner. Bar fly.

'TOM SULLEY: 65-70. Metho drinker. Comic role.

'DOUG STEPHENS: 50. Ex-service man. Burly, self made. Fancies a hero image. A suuccessful business man. A modern expensive home.

'POLICEMEN (2): Both uniformed. No lines.

'HIPPIE: Extra. 20. Male. Long hair. No lines.

'TAXI DRIVER: Friendly talkative.

'MAN: No lines. Must drive.

'WOMAN: No lines.

'DOG:

'2 MEN IN A PUB'.

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'TERRI STANDISH: A policewoman for over ten years. She is well known to Yarra Central. Respected with an excellent police record. She has a mild and gentle nature.

'HELGA STEINER: About fifty years of age. A prisoner in a German prison camp for Jews. Although herself not being Jewish she refused to give up her husband who was, and was therefore detained with him. The experience brought her close to insanity by the end of the war when she was released by the allies [sic]. She recovered with the help of her husband and migrated to Australia, to lead a fairly good life. Her husband's death triggers her unstable mind and the sight of uniforms, especially police, unlocks the horrors of the war.

'Terri Standish out of uniform is a friend but once in uniform she sees only the Gestapo whom she must destroy.

'SUE EDWARDS: Young policewoman. Fairly new to the game but she's known by all at Yarra Central.

'HILDA SCHMIDT: Large German woman. Also has a fear of the police syndrome.

'STEPHEN PECK: Hungarian Jewish estate agent. A greasy little man who worries only about his business.

'VICKY NOLAN: A spoilt seventeen year old. Her father dotes on her and she thinks she can get away with anything.

'MRS NOLAN: Her mother. Well spoken. Has all but ignored her daughter in the last seventeen years. Must drive.

'NORMA BARRET: Seventeen. Hates police after her boyfriend was gaoled.

'CAROL WRIGHT: Considers Barret as her protege. A tough crim who has seen the inside of Fairlea many times.

'DRUNK: Some slurred dialogue.

'CONSTABLE A: Young. No lines.'

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'HANNA LEITZ: About 56. Came to Australia from Poland in 1958. Speaks English with a heavy accent. A small woman whose life is dominated by her adoration for her dead son, and her formidable guilt complex on the other. Devout Orthodox Jew.

'CRAIG HENDERSON: 17, but looks younger. A golden headed boy, charming on the surface, but with a violent sadistic streak. Australian.

'MRS CONNOR: Garrulous busybody of Irish ancestry. Very loud, and about 45.

'ITALIAN DRUNK: Expansive drunken shearers cook. 40.

'MORGAN: Night manager of service station. 55?

'WARD SISTER: Mid 30s. Efficient, practical.

'OLD MAN: 70. All he lives for is his dog. Decrepit.

'FRANK HENDERSON: 45. Alcoholic crim. Has been in Pentridge most of his life. It is essential that neither he nor Rita (below) should be played for laughs.

'RITA: Frank's mistress. 40. Fat and blowsy. Please don't send her up.

'GARAGE MANAGER: 40. Cheerful Australian.

'ATTENDANT: 22. Mechanic. Australian.

'ETHEL JACOBS: The antithesis of Hanna. A cheerful, jolly woman. 50. Preferably Jewish.

'POLICE CONSTABLE ONE: Young, speaking

'POLICE CONSTABLE TWO: Young, speaking'.

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'IAN TAYLOR: 35 years. Tall, slim athletic build. A determined handsome face. Well spoken. Good education. Businesslike manner. A senior shipping clerk who steals a vast sum of money belonging to his employer. He has an air of industrious respectability; is supposedly happily married, but is deeply involved with a young female employee. He is completely ruthless and selfish. Able to drive.

'FRAN TAYLOR: 30/33. An attractive woman with poise and dignity. She loves her husband ... trusts him ... and although she has had doubts about his past behaviour ... overlooks it and tries to deny to herself and others his essential weakness. Well spoken ... good carriage and grooming.

'"FRENCHY" RENAUD: 32/35. Detective Sergeant in Sydney N.S.W. Police. A good friend of Banner's .... a real mate able to see eye to eye with him. He assists Banner in Sydney. He knows Sydney ... its characters ... its criminals. It's his town. He was born and raised there. Physically tough ... mentally sharp ... and a happy Australian nature. Not taller than Banner. Able to drive (N.S.W. Licence).

'JIM FLOYD : 27/29. Detective in Sydney, N.S.W. The same physical build as Taylor. (He must wear Taylor's suit) Renaud's offsider. Friendly. Tough. Willing Australian.

'LILY "REID": A dear old darling duck of a twister. Late middle aged. A shrewd faggot who deals in pornography and forgery from her Sydney studio home. She is "awfully far-out English" ... could be the bishop's wife ... is eccentric ... the oldest flower girl in Sydney. Like Elsa Lanchester doing her "thing".

'MR. CLAYBURN: 50/60. Small .... fat ... pompous ... useless and dithering shipping office departmental manager.

'KAREN BAXTER: 26/28. Very attractive female in shipping office. Sexy flirt. Good full figure. Speech good. Intelligent. Good leg appeal. An affinity with Taylor which causes her to be suspect.

'SARAH ROBERTS: 17/19. A young typist in the shipping office. She looks like a sweetly innocent girl not long out of school; not yet fully developed physically. She seems shy ... gauche ... but she possesses the cunning to fool everybody; to conceal the fact she is heavily involved with Taylor. Unscrupulous. Stupid.

'NEIL BRYANT: 19/20. Assistant cashier in shipping office. Not physically large. Quiet ... well spoken. Nervous. He handles the cash; is escorted and robbed and assaulted by Taylor.

'CHIEF PURSER: 45/50. He waits to receive the money on his ship ... the "Madrigal". No dialogue. Hefty appearance.

'KITTY: 25/30. A photographic model with a stunning figure. Able to strip and pose convincingly. She poses for Lily's porno art.

'BERT: 25/35. A stud bull type. Photographic model with a good physique. He poses for Lily's porno art.

'TWO RED DE LUXE TAXI DRIVERS: ... Actual Sydney cabbies. Try for one female to make a change. (Red de luxe is the Sydney tie-in company). No dialogue.

'ALEC PERRY: 40/45. Friend of Detective Sergeant Renaud. Owns small boat. Finds attache case stolen by Taylor. Australian. Cheerful type. Healthy extrovert.

'MRS. FINNEY: 50/60. Owns boarding house where Taylor stays. A rugged individualist ... cheerful ... Australian. Must have been a doll.

'TWO OR THREE ACTUAL UNIFORMED N.S.W. POLICE: ... If available and co-operative. No dialogue.'

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'MARK WALKER. Late twenties. Smooth, tough, cool. Very fond of his sister who's [sic] death he wishes to avenge.

'PETER YOUNG. Late twenties. Handsome Ski Instructor. Likeable personality. Complete libertine.

'CAROL GREEN. Twenties. Attractive. Good figure. The pleasures of becoming the boss's wife have faded. She looks for excitement outside the marriage bed - and finds it.

'CHARLES GREEN. Fifties or older. Austrian - now resident in Australia. He's very jealous of his young wife. We shall come to sympathise with him.

'LILIAN DAVIS. Late thirties. Well dressed, well kept - and well off. She can indulge her fancies. As she gets older - the men get younger.

'TED SCOTT. Mid thirties. General factotum around the Lodge. Friends with everyone. Eager to please.

'RECEPTIONIST. Twenties. Attractive. Personable.

'MANAGER. 50's. Genial - helpful. Could be Continental.

'BOBBY. No lines, but direction needed.

'YOUNG MAN. Extra.

'MARK'S GIRL. No lines, but direction needed.

'YOUNG GIRL. Extra.

'GUNTHER STRAUSS. Part to be played by actual Ski Instructor/Stuntman.'

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'"BIG BAD JOHN" SMITH: Tough Senior Detective Sergeant from Sydney C.I.B. Sent to Melbourne. His daughter has run away with long-hair Fletcher and Smith hates long-hairs (Kiwi long-hairs in particular). He has a reputation for going through the Sydney Underworld like a packet of salts, getting results but not always without embarrassment to the N.S.W. Police Force. Early 50's .... Big, beefy, hard-looking man.

'VAL SMITH: "Big Bad John's" 18 year old daughter. Attractive, intelligent, tries to reform Fletcher whom she thinks the sun shines out of. Loves her father but feels alienated because of his attitude to Fletcher. Maternal instinct strong.

'"HANK" FLETCHER: New Zealander. Uni. Student, long hair. Cunning, smooth talker, Crim tendencies. About 20. Vicious, as bad as Smith makes out. (Gerald McGuire type.)

'MRS. HUDSON: Attractive young widowed socialite, late 20's, early 30's. Victim of robbery and bashing, and tough questioning by Smith.

'COLLINS: Owner of Jeweller's Shop. 50's. Clean Police record, abides by the rules. A gentle man. Bashed by Fletcher.

'BELL: Rooming-House Owner. Scruffy, 40's - wears a wig.

'MRS. JOHNSON: Flat owner; nosy-but-nice type. Enjoys good gossip and some else's [sic] tragedy, but stays on the right side of the Law. 40/50.

'SHOP ASSISTANT: Young, helpful, stock character, few lines only.

'HIPPY 1 & HIPPY 2: Young, long-haired, larrikin types, but no real harm in them. Picked on by Smith because of their long hair and because they were larking about. Few lines for No. 1.

'CAR DEALER: Stock character. Few lines, but should be able to act well under the tough tactics used by Smith.

'SYDNEY SUPERINTENDANT: Distinguished type; hard but fair. 50's.

'D.D.I.: Distinguished, 50's. N/S but should be able to express feelings facially.

'DOCTOR: May be required for scene where D's go to see Mrs. Hudson after bashing. Stock character if Government doctor; if private, distinguished, very much on the side of Mrs. Hudson; she must rest, etc. Middle-aged.'

Note: The casting call sheets suggest that the character called 'Collins' in the character notes is re-named 'Zuka' before production.

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

'BILLY WYATT. (30's) Petty crim who gets involved with York - not realising he's a policeman.

'WALLY STRUTHERS: (20's) Nervous, over-weight, somewhat unattractive man who apparently doesn't get on well with girls. Must drive.

'CHARLIE BANKS: (20's) Wally's friend, who has takened [sic] it upon himself to end Wally's virginity by setting him up with Cathy.

'CATHY GALLEGAR: (18) Sweet, pretty, but fairly naive. Lives on a farm with her father.

'DEACON GALLEGAR (50's) Cathy's father. Fairly conservative farmer-type, but he can't hold his grog. When he drinks, there are some pretty comical results.

'TOM: Party member. Lines.

'MECHANIC: Works at local garage. One scene.

'PUBLICAN: At Matlock Hotel. Established.

'3 EXTRAS: Pub Scene.

'MANAGER: Of supermarket. Small part.

'EXTRAS: One man, two women - party scenes.

'STUNT WOMAN:

'STUNT MAN - TRACTOR DRIVER'.

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'HUGH ROBINSON (ROBBO): Mid-thirties, professional safecracker, born and bred in Matlock but moved to Sydney after a couple of close brushes with the law. A likeable easy-going rogue with a touch of the blarney.

'BABS TAYLOR: About 40. Robbo's elder sister. Forthright and honest she lives in hope of reforming her brother and looks after his daughter Lisa. (Robbo's marriage broke up a few years previously, for reasons which should become obvious). A rugged, no-nonsense personality with a soft spot for Robbo.

'EARL TAYLOR: About 40. Earl married Babs about five years ago under the false impression that he could induce her to sell the property and thus live off the proceeds. Basically lazy, he has a patent aversion to farm life and suffers periodically from hay fever. (Must Drive)

'FRANK NASH / WES PARKER: Late thirties, early forties. Two heavies working out of Sydney. Tough, ruthless professionals with a score to settle. (One of them must drive)

'LISA ROBINSON: Robbo's fourteen year old daughter. Idolises her father but aware of his short comings [sic]: loves horses. She proves a major stumbling block in her father's plans to escape. (Does not have to ride)

'KEITH HARDING: Fifties. Manager of the Matlock Dairymen's co-op.

'TRUCK DRIVER: Thirties. Small part.

'JIMMY MULLIGAN/CHICKA DEMPSEY: Forties. Drunken pub brawlers.

'DRIVER AT ROADBLOCK: No lines.'

A character has been deleted from the character notes: 'HEATHER GREEN: Twenties. Receptionist at the Regal Motel'.

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'PHILLIP REID: 25/27 Well spoken. Middle class. Able to ride motor cycle. Copies method of stealing learned in Italy. 5'7" to 5'10"

'SAMANTHA YOUNG: 22/24 No dialogue. Good young female face. Long fair hair. Should be able to ride pillion passenger in simple scenes.

'MAMA RUFFINI: 45/50 Italian born. English good. Hotel cook. Able to ride motor cycle ... 5'7" to 5'10"

'GIOVANNI (JOHN) RUFFINI: 20/25 Italian born. English good. Hotel cook. Able to ride motor cycle ... 5'7" to 5'10"

'DONALD MORRIS: 20/25 Australian. Boards with Ruffini's. Working class cook. Able to ride motor cycle. 5'7" to 5'10"

'BILL BROWN: (STAN MARSHALL) 20/25 Australian. Working class. 5'7" to 5'10" Able to ride a motor cycle. More dominant than Green.

'JOHN GREEN: (ALEC MASON) 20/25 Australian. Working class. 5' 5'10" [sic] Weaker than Brown.

'EDWARD FINCH: 45/55 Middle class business man. Well spoken.

'MR. KAVANAGH: 40/50 Commerical traveller type.

'LOSER: 30/40 Young executive type. Few lines.

'MR. FINDLAY: Young. Medium height, need not be able to ride. No lines.

'MR. JOHNSON: Young. As for Findlay. No lines.

'MARIO RUSSO: 35/40 Slight Italian accent. Working class.

'MARIA RUSSO: 30/35. Stronger Italian accent.

'MRS HAWKE: 40/50 Tough working class Australian.

'MRS GIBBONS: 55/66 Frail and small. Pensioner type.

'FIONA: Young. Healthy Australian bird type. Does not have to be able to ride bike.

'LOIS: Young. As above.

'MAN READING NEWSPAPER: 40/60. Working man. No lines.

'PEDESTRIAN: 50/65. Working on pensioner type.'

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'CLIVE WILLIAMS Man in his early 30's. Building contractor who has become involved in stolen goods racket to help overcome financial difficulties. Basically a bad businessman - when faced with crisis, is inclined to go to water. Sincere, quite good looking.

'SUSAN WILLIAMS His wife, mid 20's. Blinded in an accident not long before. Attractive - strong will, refuses to give in to her plight. Could have been Clive's strength had he been honest with her.

'VIN WILLIAMS Clive's elder brother. In his 40's. A tough parasitic no-hoper. Has been involved in crime most of his life - this time, goes too far. Sadistic quality.

'JENNY Clive's "girl Friday". Slightly kooky, pleasant, efficient, in her 20's.

'DOUG THOMAS Man in mid 30's. Building inspector - takes himself perhaps too seriously. Underneath, probably a normal bloke, but has a touch of the Government Official .... enjoys his title.

'NEDDY Gnarled old contact for stolen goods. Runs a very run-down garage. Lives for what he can get out of life. Cryptic in conversation.

'HERB ARMSTRONG Local bricklayer. About Clive's age, but smaller physically. Normal bloke - just wants his money.

'UNIFORMED CONST. (GRAEME) A slight hint of the know-it-all, very young, inexperienced, keen.

'GARAGE ATTENDANT Youngish. A friendly Stanley, who is perceptive enough to sense something wrong when Hogan is in car with Vin Williams.

'2ND CONST. At Wilga roadblock.'

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'FRED BAKER: Late 30's. Gullible. Is his own worst enemy. Would believe that he is the victim of "bad luck" not realising that he makes his own, most of the time. A man who needs the security of a family and a regular job.

'JEAN BAKER: Thirties. Quite attractive. Has lost any respect for her husband some time ago. She looks up to Jack O'Brien as a real man. Drives a car.

'JACK O'BRIEN: Late 30's. Genuinely in love with Jean Baker, and fond of her children. This affair is no casual thing - and he hopes to marry her. Drives a car.

'ALEC BELL: Mid-thirties. Noveau Riche. Smooth confident man who might occasionally show his humble origins. Too well-dressed, sleeve cuffs showing perhaps overdoes it with a handkerchief in top pocket. He smiles easily. Would be successful in any business that required synthetic charm, and bundles of enthusiasm. To him success means more personal possessions. He loves his car, which is an expensive imported one (plot point) tends to be pleasant only to people he needs.

'JOE EVANS: About the same age as Fred Baker. They would have known each other since school days. Joe is the salt of the earth, always willing to give a mate a hand. Confirmed bachelor, with a cynical view of women. If he ever needed a woman - he'd pay for her.

'GEORGE EVANS: Late thirties. A naturally cautious man who is finally taken in by Bell's salesmanship. An ordinary everyday person who would never make a salesman, though the idea of having his own business appeals to him.

'SHIRLEY EVANS: Mid-thirties. Simple soul who is readily taken in by Bell's charm. The thoughts of the riches to come, blind her to the realities of Bell's scheme.

'(ANN BAKER: 7 years.

'(MARIE BAKER: 9-10 years. (Only a few lines. Fred and Jean's two children).

'POLICE CONSTABLE (UNIFORMED): Few lines.

'TWO EXTRA POLICE CONSTABLES (UNIFORMED):

'TWO YOUTHS: Teenagers (one scene).

'MOTORIST: One scene. No lines.

'FOUR EXTRAS: Bell's meeting.

'2 AMBULANCE MEN: Actuals. One scene.'

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'CHEEKY CHARLIE: 65. "Cheeky Charlie" had been a fairly well known Tiv personality at the time of "Mo", George Wallace, etc.

'When Charlie started to slide (through a combination of T.V. and the bottle) he and his assistant, Bluebell [sic] took to the road. Charlie put on the occasional show for the kids, including punch and judy [sic] and tuned pianos when he could get the work. He deludes himself that he could always stop drinking the moment he felt like it, but blames the lack of $100 or so to get new costumes and a good, reliable agent. Then, he says, he can make his big come-back.

'BLUEBELL: His assistant for the last thirty years. She has now gone completely to seed. Not educated. Single. Loyal. Accepts whatever life has to dish up.

'BERNARD AUSTIN (BIG BERNIE): 45. Old acquaintance. Itinerant (ex side show pug) Big man. His boxing days have left him with some brain damage. Slow, can be violent.

'JUDY AUSTIN: 28. His wife. Much younger. A bit tarty. Well worn, but has worn well.

'COLIN: Young, handsome, uni student. Arrogant. Completely sure of himself.

'DAVID: Colin's mate. Also from uni. Quieter, he looks up to Colin, tries to emulate his outlook.

'HEWITT: Farmer where they're working.

'EXTRAS (4): Pickers.

'1ST WOMAN: Housewife. Mid-aged. Retiring nature. No sense of humour.

'2ND WOMAN: Housewife - any age.

'DOCTOR:

'TEACHER AND SCHOOL CHILDREN: Actuals if possible.'

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'DES MUNRO Early thirties. Small time crim, moderately successful. Trying to enlarge his field by using gelignite to blow safes. Specialises in jobs on churches - which is linked beneath the surface to a deep religious upheaval somewhere in his past. Disparage, scoff, protest as he may, there is still some belief lingering there.

'FRAN CARMODY Early-mid twenties. Catholic. Very strong on religion. Believes everybody should have some sort of faith. Doubtful about Munro at first, but decides that he is in need of spiritual help and that perhaps she can supply it, or part of it. Possibly attracted to him as well, but too self-possessed and single minded to let it show.

'DOREEN LANE 35-40. Has been getting around with Munro for some time. Returns with him to Matlock to see her father - and also to pick up some easy money. (She helps in a minor way with his jobs). Conscious of the age difference between herself and Munro, suspicious of any younger woman in whom he takes an interest. Has been kissed-off so many times before, she is determined not to let it happen again.

'TED LANE Around 60. Possibly older. Doreen's father. A farmer who has tried to discipline his daughter from an early age. Now reconciled to her loose behaviour, no longer voices his disapproval - but still retaining some hopes for her.

'FATHER RYAN 50-60. Priest of Matlock's largest Roman Catholic church.

'OXLEY 30-40. Though age not important. Explosives expert called in to defuse the sacristy safe.

'SIMPSON 40-50. Runs a small farm on the outskirts of Matlock. Well known for his anti-religious, particularly Anti-Catholic [sic] views.

'WHITEHEAD Late teens, early twenties. Boozy young lout who gets a kick out of playing around with explosives.

'SYKES Whitehead's mate, same age, attitudes - but subservient to Whitehead.

'HUTCHINSON Licensee of the Railway Hotel, about the lowest grade hotel in Matlock.

'EXTRAS For church scenes, also for montage.'

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'PETER WATSON: The first "natural victim". Aged 25 with a mental age of about 14. Well-built and good-looking, he has a record for sexual offences against young girls. He is picked up as a suspect by the police, and this experience upsets the balance he has struggled hard to attain. He becomes aware that he is losing his battle against his old urges and tries to warn the police, but he is too inarticulate to make his fears clear to them.

'BARBARA O'BRIEN: The second "natural victim". A schoolgirl of 15 or 16 at odds with the world because of a disturbed home background. She senses the dangerous element in Watson's make-up and is attracted to it - "playing with fire." She even has a subconscious knowledge that one day he may kill her, and some compulsion draws her towards this end.

'BRIAN LANE: Age 29-33. About the same build as Watson. A sexual psychopath, but with a non-descript exterior. He seems the average, suburban family man. Fairly smooth and glib. Car driver.

'MR. O'BRIEN: Age 40-45. Barbara's father. He has a business dealing in second-hand furniture. Interested mainly in beer and his greyhounds. Dislikes his wife, indifferent to his daughter. Curses the day he ever got married.

'MRS. O'BRIEN: Age 40-45, but she has let herself go and looks older. The marriage has turned her into a neurotic and nagging shrew. Pretends to care for Barbara but in reality uses her simply as a bone of contention with her husband.

'DENISE WRIGHT: Age 15-16. Attends school with Barbara. A nice, shy, ordinary kid, perhaps even a little young for her age. She becomes Lane's last victim.

'MRS. WRIGHT: Age 35-40. Denise's mother. She becomes worried when Denise goes missing and later has to take the news that she has been raped. A neat, nice sympathetic woman.

'SHOP ASSISTANT (MISS WEST) Age 23 -30. Average looks. Mousy personality. Mr. O'Brien's mistress.

'LESLEY MITCHELL. Age 14-16. Early victim. She has to try to identify her attacker in a line up.

'PROPRIETOR OF CAFE. Age 22-30. Camp and pleasant to all customers. Sympathetic to Mrs. Wright when she comes to the cafe looking for her missing daughter.

'MARY. Age 15-16. Denise's friend, but cheeky and knowing in constrast to Denise's shyness. One scene only.

'YOUTH. Age 18-20. Chats to cafe proprietor. One scene, ordinary all-Australian type.

'PARKIN. Age 29-33. Would help if he had a fleeting resemblance to Brian Lane, because he is wrongly identified as Lane in a line-up.

'TRUCK DRIVER. Any age. Bass singing voice. A big, friendly man who finds Denise after she has been attacked. One scene, driver.

'ANGRY MOTORIST. Age 25-40. Has a minor collision with Lane's car and gets very worked up about it. One scene. Driver.

'HOSPITAL DOCTOR. Age 23-27. Brief scene with Vickers. Dialogue.

'SCHOOLGIRL VICTIM. Age 14-16. Fails to identify anyone at the line-up. No dialogue.

'TEENAGE GIRL. Seen at a distance taking her dog for a walk in the park. One scene. No dialogue.

'FOUR MEN FOR LINE-UP. No dialogue. One scene.'

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'ATHOL HUTCHINS Lead. About 30. Shoulder length hair, and a wild beard. (Certainly not trimmed). He's a hippie.

'TOM WOOD Second lead. About 60. Has been a very powerful man (physically)

'WILLIAM WOOD Major role. Twenty one years of age. Must have short back and sides haircut.

'KENNY WOOD Major role. Nineteen. Short back and sides haircut.

'MICHAEL WOOD Major role. Sixteen. Short back and sides haircut.

'William, Kenny, Michael are Tom Wood's sons.

'JACK FLYNN Important role. About 45. Short back and sides haircut.

'DOREEN FLYNN Very important role. She's sweet sixteen and has been kissed. She's very young, a slip of a girl.

'MRS. FLYNN Jack's wife. About the same age. Preferably thin and worn.

'PUBLICAN Character Noel Buchanan, as established in earlier episode

'NORM HARRIS The mayor. But a rough, country looking type of mayor with not too much up top. About 60.

'AUCTIONEER 40-45.

'BARMAID 35-40.

'WORKER IN SALEYARDS

'PRIEST About 50. Benign.

'SAM One scene but important. He's about 50, and a dirty, lazy old pig.

'EXTRA Woman in street (teaser).

'EXTRA Woman in street (end of script)

'EXTRAS Crowded bar scene.

'(Budgeted for 12 extras but budget can take 17.' [sic]

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'ARTHUR SIDNEY MORRISON 50-60. Been in and out of gaol all his life. Well known to Banner. Bad tempered pathetic old man.

'CHAPLAIN R.C. Prison chaplain. Must not be sanctimonious.

'GEORGE Crim. 40-60. A bit past it but not willing to give in.

'HENRY Crim. Easily led by George. A rabbit.

'MR. ROBINSON Keeps a boarding house. Butch oz.

'JOHN TAYLOR/MORRISON Arthur's son. 25-30. Successful. Has conviction for extortion.

'STELLA McQUEEN Arthur's estranged wife. Puts on airs but, underneath, is a harridan.

'FOREMAN Agrees, as a favour to Banner, to give Arthur a job.

'DRINKER 1 One difficult scene. Truck driver type

'DRINKER 2 One difficult scene.

'WORKMAN (FACTORY) Has argument with Arthur.

'BUILDING WORKER That type.

'WATCH SELLER Little man. Shifty.

'BARMAN Working class pub.

'OLD MAN Arthur's age.

'WOMAN Shopper 45-50.

'FLAT DWELLER

'2 BAR EXTRAS Working class pub.

'2 MORE BAR EXTRAS Working class pub.'

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'RAY JONES Early 20's. Looks younger. Killer who is nothing without a weapon in his hand. Drives.

'LIZ JOHNSON Plump nymphet, about 18. Institutionalized, hard, but dominated by Jones.

'ALICE PRICE About 24. Middle class. Had an unhappy romance. Wants to rebuild her life on her own, away from her family.

'JOAN PRICE Mother, late forties. Understands that the middle class life has made her unable to appreciate her daughter's problems, and unable to help her. But can't change now.

'JACK PRICE Father. 50ish. Ex-farmer who has been intelligent enough to build a small business when the outlook for farmers faded. Comfortable but not wealthy. A man who puts his family first. Capable of violence only in final anger and despair. Drives.

'JOCK BROWN 50ish. Must be small, wispy in stature. He's happily drinking himself to death and has a sense of humour about most things in life. [Note: The character's name on the casting call sheets is 'Edgar Browne', though the 'Browne' has subsequently been crossed out.]

'DOCTOR BEDI

'UNIFORMED CONSTABLE (A) One scene with a line of dialogue otherwise an extra.

'UNIFORMED CONSTABLE (B) Extra.

'UNIFORMED CONSTABLE (C) Extra.

'UNIFORMED CONSTABLE (D) Extra.

'MAURIE TAYLOR Middle aged garage owner. Rough natured, but friendly. Lived in the country all his life.

'AMBULANCE MEN Actual.

'HELICOPTER PILOT Actual.'

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

'NEIL THOMAS: Blind. Incredibly fit. Good looking. 50. Authorative, ex-Army.

'ANNE: His niece. Beautiful 21 year old nymphet.

'BURGLAR: Good looking, well spoken, intelligent with a sense of humour.

'TOM ROBERTS: 60's. Hard working farmer.

'MR. HIGGINS: 40's. Smooth, but boring salesman.

'MR. PITTS: Grocer.

'FRUITERER: No lines.

'DELICATESSEN SALES ASSISTANT: No lines.

'TOBACCONIST: No lines.

'TRUCKIE: No lines.

'LADY DRIVER: No lines.

'MAN: Owner of stolen car.'

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).'

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

'MRS. ANNA CZOSKI: About sixty years old: powerful personality. Her son is her only reason for living. She deeply resents her Australian daughter-in-law.

'JOSEPH CZOSKI: Mid - to late thirties. Well educated, charming, a little soft. Has married for sake of convenience. Feels guilty towards his mother.

'JILL CZOSKI: Mid-thirties. Plain, apparently ordinary country woman. Is expecting her first child. Has a primitive hatred against Mrs. Czoski and tries her best to get her out of the house.

'MR. BELL: Mid-forties. Friendly straight forward type. Australian.

'MRS. BELL: His wife. Same type of person but also interested in the occult.

'DR. BEDI:

'CONSTABLE JENKINS:

'CONSTABLE JONES:

'MISS JACKSON: District Nurse. Down-to-earth, hearty, domineering.

'MAN FROM FORENSIC:

'FATHER CAMERON: Catholic Priest, matter-of-fact type of person.'