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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):
'AMBROSE CARTER (AMPS): Late thirties, forties. Self-styled producer of round-Australia documentaries. A poor man's version of the "Wheels Across A Wilderness" syndrome, sticking mostly to the pubs and racetracks of the larger coastal cities in his epic coverage of the outback.
'WILLIE BENNETT: Late thirties, forties. Amp's off-sider. Disillusioned sound recordist slowly being inveigled into a life of crime to compensate for the undisciplined excesses of his producer.
'BERNIE SMITH: Forties. Unsuccessful armed hold-up merchant. Former Matlock Resident. [sic]
'ROLLO MURPHY: Forties. Former Melbourne wrestling identity, rapidly going to seed. Bernie's off-sider.
'VINNIE MacREEDY: Forties. Free-lance crim from Melbourne, specialising in armed hold-ups.
'BELLE ANDREWS: Forties. Bernie's de facto wife. Desperately wants to see her man pull off the big one, but really doesn't hold out much hope after years of bitter experience.
'HARVEY PHIPPS: Fifties. Runs the Matlock Produce Store. Crafty old bastard.
'STANISLAUS KOZINSKY: Fifties. Heavily-built, heavily accented chicken farmer.
'OSCAR KOZINSKY: Late twenties. Stan's son. Also heavily built.
'ZORA KOZINSKY: Fifties. Stan's wife. Also heavily accented.
'TONY ANGELLINI: Semi-regular. moved [sic] back into Matlock after a brief stay in the smoke and is now in the process of refitting and renovating his service station and diner.
'FRANK MERRICK: Fifties. Manager of the Allied Woollen Mills in Matlock.
'OFFICE GIRL: Twenties, thirties. Merrick's secretary.
'EXTRAS: Hotel Scenes.
'BARMAN (ALF): Established character.
'MOTORIST: Scene 5, no dialogue.'
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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: see The Writer in Australian Television History.