form y separately published work icon The Cat single work   film/TV   crime  
Alternative title: Copy Cat
Issue Details: First known date: 1970... 1970 The Cat
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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'ROBERT CZERNAK The murderer. In his forties. His manipulations with clients money [sic] have lead [sic] him to the edge of ruin. To save his business he claims that the cat burglar killed his wife and stole her jewel collection. Must be able to drive.

'SY WEINTRAUB 35-40. Robert's best friend, and one of Robert's wealthier clients.

'CARA WEINTRAUB 30 Sy's wife. Good-natured, and trusts Robert implicitly.

'TOBY The young boy who sees the robbery at Robert's place.

'GAIL Toby's girlfriend.

'BLUEY Old reprobate who finds the settings. Was in the army and is still proud of it.

'CHICKA Bluey's mate. Like bluey [sic], but not as forceful.

'RUTHERFORD Head of a watchdog committee of the Stock Exchange. One scene.

[Note: Rutherford's character description has been circled in blue ink and a question mark written, in the same ink, in the right-hand margin.]

'WENDY Robert's secretary.

'MRS. MURRAY Robert's housekeeper.

'REMOVALIST

'MAINTENANCE MAN'.

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

Note: Neither the script nor the usual alternate sources offer a director for this episode.
      1970 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 69p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is labelled 'Episode LD' on the cover page. According to a notation in the top right-hand corner of the cover page, this copy was designated for 'S. Borg' (script editor Sonia Borg).
      • The script is annotated in blue ink. Annotations include alterations to the stage directions and the deletion of material (including the deletion of two entire scenes on pages 19 to 22). Other than this major excision of content, little has been altered or removed from the script.

        See also page 23, from which the following two consecutive lines of dialogue have been deleted:
        FOX: Odd that they [the Jewish community] don't use a recognised stockbroker.
        MAC: Not really. There's a lot of resentment about the fact that Jews can't get a seat on the Exchange. They'd rather trust Czernak. They feel he's one of them.
      • The final page includes a list of crew credits:
        Written by Ron McLean.
        Edited by Sonia Borg.
        Typed by Hilary Burgess, Shirley Ballard, Jenny Barty, Christine Brown.
        Checked by Hilary Burgess, Jenny Barty, Christine Brown.
        Duplicated by Dennis Ingham.
        The space below this for 'Producer's Remarks' has been left blank.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC HOM : 275
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