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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Bait!
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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'BOY A wiry, knockabout lad. 13-14.

'JOAN DOBSON The victim. Art Student. An attractive, long-haired, long legged girl. 18-20.

'DAVID GRIERSON The killer. Outwardly a most respectable, moderately affluent accountant. Tall, well-built, fit, sun-tanned. A health and fitness fanatic. Drives a car. Swims well.

'MRS. GRIERSON Complete contrast to her husband. A hypochondriac, left behind by life. 45, but could look 55.

'SALVATORE MANUELLO Prime suspect. Italian. Lithe, light, darkly handsome. Shy. Not too tall. 18.

'LOCAL CONSTABLE Dependable, but not stupid. Promotion has passed him by because he prefers a small country station. First Constable by rank. 35-45.

'MISS ANNABELLE TOMKIN Runs local art shop. Vaguely attractive. Arty-crafty in a 1930's raffia hat, homewoven way, but really quite a genuine person. 50 plus.

'MR. RIGONI Salvatore's uncle. Southern Italian. Short, stocky. A peasant. 40 plus.

'MRS. RIGONI Salvatore's aunt. Southern Italian. Comfortably plump. Something of a matriarch. Rather more emotional than her husband. 40 plus.

'SAM ROSSINI Italian fisherman. A dry character. 40 plus.

'DANNY Italian, operates expresso [sic] machine in coffee lounge. Quick, neat. Somewhat Australianised. 20-25.

'EXTRAS - TWO UNIFORMED POLICEMEN

'ITALIANS - EXTRAS, AT LEAST 8 Varying in age from 16 to 40. Four of them should be similar in build to Salvatore (for line-up).

'WAITRESS (N.S.) Darkly attractive. Slim, sharp-featured. 18-25.

'BROADS, EXTRAS, 2 OR 3 Good-time girls, catering especially for Italians..either very dark or very blonde. 20 - 30.'

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.
      1969 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 63p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is labelled 'Episode GF' with '205' written on in pen. The name written in the top right-hand corner of the cover page is Barb Hills: according to the Crawford Productions tribute website (crawfordproductions.tv), Barbara Hills was a script typist in the 1960s. Hills's name has been crossed out and replaced by Ted Ogden's name: Ogden was a script editor and producer for the company.
      • There are no further annotations on the script.
      • The cover page has been intialled in green ink next to the copyright information.
      • The final page includes a list of crew credits:

        Written by Cliff Green.
        Edited by Sonia Borg.
        Typed by Christine Rook, Margaret Younger.
        Checked by Christine Rook, Margaret Younger.
        Roneod by Frank Cianciarulo, Max Brown, Ian Dewhurst.

        The space below this for 'Producer's Remarks' has been left blank.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC HOM : 205
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