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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):
'ANTON: Middle 50's. He's been through war and a lot of suffering and has a fatalistic sense of life.
'MRS. McDOUGAL: Late 40's or early 50's. Good looking, kind-hearted, sentimental. Feels both maternal and romantic about Anton.
'WOODSIE: Early 20's, impulsive and thoughtless. Over-cool, over-confident.
'TOM: Late 30's, intelligent, professional thief.
'CRAIG: Middle 40's. Anton's ex-boss. A hypocrite.
'TIM: Early 30's. A hippy bum. (Dropout, phoney hippy). Lazy, dirty, well-educated. His stink must be almost visual.
'SARAH: Middle 30's. A senior prostitute with a divine personality.
'KATIE: Pretty, young, middle 20's. Pro., with a lot of confidence, very cool and pleasant. Anton's wife.
'RON: Middle 30's. A painter (painters and dockers crew) Malicious, distrusts everybody.
'CAPTAIN: A veteran sailor. Minds his business. Late 40's.
'SHOP ASSISTANT: Not camp.
'3 YOUNG PEOPLE (EXTRAS): Well-dressed, rich, mod, snob.
'GORGEOUS GIRL: (1) Same kind as above.
'BARMAN:
'CUSTOMER:
'LADY: (Gets knocked down).
'DRIVER OF VAN:
'2 GUARDS:
'6 PAINTERS AND DOCKERS:
'POLICE ACTUALS: (If available).'
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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.
