person or book cover
Script cover page (Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
form y separately published work icon Running Jack single work   film/TV   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 Running Jack
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

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

'RUNNING JACK: 50's, 60's. Has an unusual gait and a big singing voice. Tolerated by the boaties because of his vast knowledge of the sea and his expertise with all kinds of boats.

'PAUL TURNER: Early 30's. Good-looking, well off, but unlucky with women.

'TRIN: Late 20's. Attractive, estranged wife of Turner.

'RICHARD CARTER: 30's. Can afford an expensive boat because he has a rich mother.

'KEVIN BOURKE: 30's. An artist, but doesn't look the arty type. The exact opposite, in fact.

'POLICEWOMAN JILL CREGAN: Mid-20's. Beautiful. A Senior Detective with the Drug Squad.

'HOPKINS: Late 30's. One of Wilson's customers. Must be able to row an inflatable rubber dinghy.

'RESIDENT (MR. WITHERS): Middle-aged. Indignant. Disturbed by Running Jack's singing.

'LICENSEE (STAN): Brisk, efficient proprietor of the of the "Mariner's Retr [sic]

'DAVE WILSON: About 30. Good seaman. Successful drug smuggler till his death.

'BETTY: Two scenes. Gum-chewing factory worker.

'TWO BOATIES:

'UNIFORM POLICEMAN'.

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 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 63p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is labelled with the episode code 'HBV' on the cover page. 'Ep 412' has been added in blue ink. An annotation in the top right-hand corner of the cover page indicates that this script is designated for 'File'.
      • An additional page is appended to the end of the script (either an additional scene or an amendment to an existing scene).
      • Barring the minor notations on the cover page, there are no signs of annotation on this copy of the script.
      • A separate file (marked 'Homicide Box 74') in the Crawford Collection, not catalogued because it contains restricted materials, includes a cast list for this episode.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC HOM : 412
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