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Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
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Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 Nobody's Perfect
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'Drinking too much, taking bribes, gambling and thumping policemen won't solve anybody's problems. Or maybe it will. Who knows. Ryan seems to know.'

Source: Synopsis held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection (RMIT).


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

'JACKIE WEBB: About 35. Little scared crim. A reasonable con man. A failure. A million priors.

'ENZO: About 35, 40. Despite Italian descent he speaks perfect "strine" without a foreign accent. A professional, intelligent, experienced crook who manages to stay always out of trouble. The opposite to Jackie. No priors at all.

'JONATHON "FATHER" SMITH: Benign, placid, round faced. Moves and talks and looks like a priest. Capable of crash transition into hard, brutal man.

'AMALIA: Subdued and attractive and nice in a Shirley McLaine [sic] style. Must be both sexy and warm and confidence inspiring. The sort of woman you'd open your heart to when you're full to the eyeballs.

'INSPECTOR MULLIGAN: A police inspector. (Lack of description doesn't mean lack of importance. On the contrary).

'JOHNSTON: Late 30's or early 40's. A good policeman. A good family man. A good man period. The sort of man who'd spend the evening playing with the kids or fixing a broken chair rather than go to the pub and have a beer with mates.

'BILL: Good looker in an old fashioned, muscled way. Father Smith's bodyguard.

'POLICE SUPERINTENDENT: What I said about Mulligan applies to him.

'FREDDIE: Other muscle man from Smith's mob.

'HILLMAN: A police detective.

'JENNY: Johnston's wife. Late twenties or early thirties. Sexy blonde with mole on cheek and big boobs.

'WADE: Established.

'POKER PLAYERS (2): Toughies.

'FEMALE EXTRA: Pretty girl.

'CROOK: Smartly dressed. Pickpocket who doesn't look like one. (The man who gives Jackie the dough at the racecourse, opening scene)'.

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

      1972 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 74p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is copied on green paper and labelled 'Code: C2Y' on the cover page. A note in blue ink in the upper right-hand corner of the cover page indicates that this is copy number 4 of the script and is designated for 'File'. '21' has been written on the cover page in black felt pen, although this aired as episode 16.
      • There are no further annotations on this copy of the script.
      • The file contains the following ancillary materials, access to some of which is restricted:
        1. Casting call sheets.
        2. Brief synopsis accompanied by full cast list and limited crew details.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC RYA : 16
Note: Bennett is credited as film director.
Last amended 22 May 2013 14:47:40
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