person or book cover
Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
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Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Today Ends at Dawn
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Final episode of Division 4.


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

'LLOYD HUGHES: 45. A quiet and respectable clerk who confesses he killed a newspaper delivery boy. Medium height. Balding slightly. Able to drive. Married to ...

'ANNIE HUGHES: 35. Not a strong woman. Her face has some of the qualities of a waif-like little girl. Small fine bone structure ... large eyes ... curly hair style. Lightly built.

'COLIN STAFFORD (COWBOY): 11 ... but undersized. He has an appealing and bright boyish face. Newspaper boy. The poor son of a widow. No dialogue.

'MRS. COLLIER: 35. Smart. Attractive. Warm. The personnel officer of a large engineering company. An able woman who knows her job thoroughly.

'JOHN WALMSLEY: 48/50. A heavily built lathe or drilling machine operator. Cheerful type. Shop steward. Outspoken. Able to drive.

'BOB DEAN: 25-ish. Machine operator. A tearaway with a bad driving record. Worried. Rough speech. Untidy. Loutish.

'MR. SADLER: 45/50. Owner of the newsagency. Plump ... active type. Standard speech.

'MRS. STAFFORD: 40-ish. Working class ... thin ... hard yakka type who looks as though she has been through the mill. The widowed mother of the dead boy.

'MAN: Middle 40's. One scene.

'THE CAR DRIVER: 40/50. He sees Mrs. Hughes in Docker Road. No dialogue. Able to drive.

'NEWSPAPER BOY #2: Young. Normal.'

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

      1974 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 60p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is copied on a combination of blue and white paper, and labelled 'Episode 03460' on the cover page. The cover page gives no indication of to whom this copy of the script is designated.
      • The script shows no signs of annotation.
      • The Crawford Collection includes two copies of this script, one held in this file and one filed separately.
      • The file also contains ancillary materials, access to some of which is restricted. These materials include:
        1. Casting call sheets.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC DIV : 300
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