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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 Liz
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Film Details - Crawford Productions ; Seven Network , 1973

Production Companies:

Crawford Productions.

Cast:

The following information is derived from material held in the Crawford Collection:

Elli McClure (Liz Mason), Joseph Furst (Eric Stahl), Irene Inescourt (Joan Mason), Joanne Kloster (Nurse Betty Simpson), Sheila Florance (Lorna Russell), Barbara Ramsay (Chris), Carl Bleazby (Senior Sergeant Ken Wade), Robert Essex (Joe), Hu Pryce (Billy), Helen Day (Policewoman Carter), Roy Lyons (Geoffrey Baxter), and Vicki Hammond (Woman).

Casting call sheets held in the Crawford Collection also show the following information:

Actors considered for the role of Geoffrey Baxter include Ernie Bourne and Terry Norris.

Actors considered for the role of Bill include Denzil Howsen and Peter Stratford.

Actors considered for the role of Guard No. 1 include Graham Ross and John Heddle.

Extras considered for the role of (corpse) Dr Paul Mitchell included Peter Cumming, Russell Hagg, and Patrick Edgeworth.

Extras (male) included John Fergusson, Terry Scott, Joerg Ulitzka, Bill Fell, Bruce Beck, and Peter Dixon.

Louis Seater was cast as Detective Green.

Thomas Richards played 'Henchman'.

Terry Mountain played 'Guard No. 2'.

Extras (female) were Joan Morgan, Pat Harkin, Libby Bromich, Maggie Jacob, Cherry Bowen, and Gail Smith.

Stahl's dog was played by a Great Dane called 'Lorry'.

The stuntmen were Gary Howard, Alan Large, and Tony Sprague.==


Release Dates:

According to Don Storey, 25 May 1973.

Notes:

Script editor: Roger Le Mesurier.

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