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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):
'JAN KENNEDY: 21. Young, intelligent, attractive, tidy. Gray's girlfriend.
'EDDIE KENNEDY: 17. Her brother. Rough mannerisms, but not necessarily speech. Cannot be talked to. Carries on with a lot of pretence and bravado, but basically insecure and a follower.
'ADAMS: 18. Eddie's mate. Different from Eddie in only two respects. He is a little quicker in thinking and better at changing face.
'MRS. BADGER: 59. Gossipy type. Likes to prattle away.
'MR. STAVROS: 40. A Greek store proprietor. Straight character. (No parody please).
'MRS. ADAMS: 38. Adam's [sic] mother. Her husband left her years ago. She is worn out. Pitiable.
'ATTENDANT: 35. Snooker parlour attendant. Shifty. Doesn't like to be mixed up in anything, although he likes to up with everything.
'BYSTANDER: 30. A big burly fellow. Prevents Eddie's escape from the scene of an accident.
'MR. McDONALD: 40. Driver of car involved in slight accident. Vocal type.
'BARMAN: Two scenes.
'MAN: One scene. No dialogue.
'FOUR SNOOKER PARLOUR EXTRAS: Night Two - Extras - 2// Day Three - Extras - 2.
'ON COMING CAR DRIVER:
'THREE ROAD ACCIDENT EXTRAS'.
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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.