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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):
'DAVID FLEMING: 40ish. Property Developer and Speculator. Outwardly the suave successful and very wealthy businessman. A compulsive gambler.
'COLIN MORGAN: Mid forties. Fleming's partner and brother-in-law. Formerly an accountant. He goes along with Fleming on the pretence of protecting his sister. In fact, he just doesn't have the guts to do otherwise.
[Note: The apostrophe in "Fleming's" has been added in black ink.]
'SANDRA FLEMING: Mid thirties. Fleming's wife. Bored, comfortably kept, neurotic but with good cause. Unaware her husband's gambling is a problem.
'CHARLIE EVANS: 30ish. Big, burly, and simply. Mildly retarded - an invalid pensioner.
'LANDLADY: (MRS REILLY) Affectionately known as "Ma". Boarding house proprietoress.
'BOOKIE: (BERNIE HOLT) A medium operator. Like all Bookies a gambler himself.
'SECRETARY: (JAN) Early 20's. Flemings secretary [sic].
'NANCY: About 20. Shop assistant. Coarse, but kind.
'STREET CLEANER: Semi retired - bit of a hard case.
'WOMAN SHOPPER:
'AMBULANCE MAN:
'DOCTOR:
'SGT. ROGERS:
'SHOP ASSISTANT.'
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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.