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).'
