person or book cover
Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
form y separately published work icon Too Clever By Half single work   film/TV   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 Too Clever By Half
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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'BARRY TEMPLE 24-25. Murderer. A salesman who has decided that his charm and sense of humour will get him anywhere. Must be attractive and likeable. Well-dressed and with an easy manner. Usually flippant but capable of more serious moments.

'VALERIE KERSTEN 21. A very pretty girl, well-dressed as befits a rich man's daughter; Public School education.

'MARTIN LESTER 24-25. Also a salesman, but of a different type to Barry Temple - more solid, (but not stolid), dependable. The athletic type - tall, good physique. Wears slightly conservative clothes.

'TOM LODER 40-45. A big man, possibly a little over-weight. Very much in love with a much younger wife, and jealous. His business life is a success, though his domestic life isn't. In all, likeable.

'KAY LODER 28-30. Very glamorous - a small-time model with a figure for bikinis. Ambitious, discontented and shallow on the surface, but capable of deeper emotions than she chooses to reveal. Always well-dressed - hot pants, rather kinky gear.

'EDWARD ST. JOHN 60-65. A rather seedy, broken down old gentleman who still retains his good manners and a certain battered charm. Clothes, once good, are frayed and shabby. Very plummy English accent.

'RAY DUNCAN 25. Good looking in a rather flashy way but shifty. Uses his looks to get girls - and money.

'RICHARD EVANS 40-45. Neat, precise, inclined to be fussy.

'MARGARET EVANS 35-40. Pleasant, attractive, submissive with an occasional spark of rebellion.

'MRS. HOVEY 50-60. A tough landlady with no illusuions [sic] and no special liking for the police.

'MAN IN PARK 18-23. Cheerful athletic type.

'ROY HARKER Forensic man.

'BYSTANDERS'.

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

      1971 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 72p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is labelled 'Episode NX' on the cover page. A notation in the top right-hand corner of the cover page indicates that this copy of the script was designated for the actress who played the character Mrs Hovey. (According to Don Storey, this was Bunney Brooke.)
      • There are no further signs of annotation on this copy of the script.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC HOM : 324
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