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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):
'SAMMY WALKER: Must be big and strong-looking, perhaps even slightly flabby. Late twenties, early thirties. Sammy has suffered brain damage and has the mentality of a 10 year old. He always wears his cloth cap. It would help if the actor had a partial plate. (IF NOT, BLACKEN A COUPLE OF TEETH) One can see a few gaps when Sammy smiles.
'PRIMROSE TAYLOR: Policewoman who comes into Homicide. Twenties. Must be attractive. A knowledge of judo would help.
'BEN WALKER: Sammy's brother. Older. Ben looks after Sammy, treats him almost like a son. [Note: an annotation to this character note in blue ink specifies that Ben is five years older than Sammy.]
'JANINE FISHER: Young, attractive air hostess. Killed in first commerical.
'BEV ADAMS: Janine's room mate. Same age, same job.
'DR. ALCOTT: Doctor at post mortem.
'JIM HARRIS: Private detective.
'CAPTAIN RICHARDS: Airline pilot. [Note: an annotation to this character note in blue ink reads, 'needs to be good'.]
'OLD LADY: Old lady on bus.
'MARY WALKER: Ben's wife.
'MRS. FENTON: Very attractive, long blonde hair. She is not provocative in her attitude.
'SALLY GREEN: Young, attractive, ballet teacher. Second murder victim.
'MR. PHILLIPS: Late thirties, early forties. Obscene phone caller.
'T.V. SERVICEMAN:
'AMBULANCE MEN: Actuals.
'SMITH: Interviewed at airport.
'POLICE SERGEANT: One scene.
'STUDENTS IN BALLET SCHOOL: Actual.'
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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.