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form y separately published work icon More Deadly Than the Male single work   film/TV   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 More Deadly Than the Male
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This script is for an episode of Bluey that was seemingly never aired, and may never have been produced, though it did reach the stage of casting. Don Storey makes no mention of this episode, and the title does not match any of the known episodes of Bluey.


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

'MARION: Marion Hagan is a shapely, good-looking lady in her late twenties. She has a lovely body and has learned to use it to her advantage. Her crime career started with prostitution but as she grew older she discovered she had a knack for planning and organisation. This has resulted in her running her own gang. She hasn't forgotten her years working for a series of bludgers and she likes to remind her men who the boss is now. She drives a car and smokes. Must be able to ride a bicycle.

'McALLISTER: Tall, well-built, around fifty and looks distinguished. He was born rich and has spent his life getting richer. It's all very boring. He's turned to crime to seek some relief from his boredom. He doesn't need the money, doesn't have the neck to take the chances but gets his kicks from helping the crims to set their jobs up and by buying the loot from them. He is the boss in the sense that he employ's [sic] Marion and her gang. He's let it be known that he'll order the death of a crim rather than let him/her leave his employ. He works hard at keeping under cover.

'STEVE: He's big, good-looking and not really bright. He's Marion's chief back-up man and provides the brawn she lacks to go with her brains. He's content to let her do the thinking as long as it's profitable and he also reaps the fringe benefits.

'GREG: A habitual crim who's content to stay with the gang because it pays him to. Must be able to drive. He's short, lean build, around 40.

'DENNY: Thin, wiry, also a habitual crim and a pessimist by nature. He's enjoyed the money he's made working for Marion but the magnitude of the crimes is starting to get to him -- not for moral reasons but for the years in Pentridge they can bring him. He's the weak link in the gang.

'FREEMAN: The manager of the security company. He's an efficient and, to some extent, self-important businessman. His composure suffers from his contact with Bluey.

'TAYLOR: Jack Taylor -- Superintendent. A career cop. Average height and build. Middle-class accent.

'SNOWY: Average lower class Australian, small time crim.

'DRIVER: Late fortie's [sic]. Short haried [sic]. Security guard type.

'GUARD: Around thirty. Younger in years and outlook than the driver.

'ARNIE WEST: Your average knifeman. Small in size and courage.

'NUGGET NOVAK: Short but heavy set crim.

'FORENSIC MAN: Typical police type.

'FROGMAN: Seen only in wet suit with flippers. Should be able to swim.

'PLAIN CLOTHES Ds: Two. Typical types.

'UNIF. POLS: Two. Typical types.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1976 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 57p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is typed on thin white paper, labelled 'Code 11503' and 'Episode No. Two' on the cover page, though it seemingly never aired. There is no indication on the cover page of to whom this copy of script was designated.
      • The script is amended throughout in liquid paper, which has then been typed over or, in some cases, written over in blue ink (see page fifty-seven). These amendments are at the level of copy-editing changes: corrections to typing mistakes and the like.
      • The Crawford Collection contains three copies of this script, one held in this file and the others filed separately. The file also includes a cast list, access to which is restricted.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC BLU : A
Last amended 8 May 2013 18:55:08
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