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'Susan Martin is very fortunate to have Sergeant Monica Rourke answer her cry of rape. However, even with the support of Monica, she has a lonely ordeal ahead of her.

'Bluey and Gary do not share Monica's belief that Susan is an innocent victim as there is a great deal of lying on the girl's part. This, coupled with a dubious past, gives them every reason to doubt her story. It will take much more than Monica's "gut feeling" to make Bluey believe Susan is justified in her complaint.

'The age old conflict of who is guilty in such a situation rears its head and accusations and lies from several quarters do nothing to help Department B in its search for the truth.

'And there is always the thought that the rapist will strike again - perhaps at the same woman.'

Source: Synopsis held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection (RMIT).

The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'SUSAN MARTIN: 30 years old. A very pretty woman. Married, but separated from her husband. Susan's a sweet-kind-vulnerable woman, caught up in her own emotional needs, not really knowing what they are. In no way is she helped by her husband or boyfriend.

'HENRY MARTIN: 32 years old. Susan's husband. Goodlooking [sic] in a weak way - no real backbone - He loves his wife, but his work becomes his life, thus throwing Susan into the arms of another, more alive man. Henry hasn't the strength of character to really try to win her back.

'JACK STEVENS: 28 years old. Handsome with a rough, back to nature, look. The sort of man most women in Susan's position, fall for, only to live to regret it. Jack's cruel, selfish, without any real feelings for anyone but himself.

'ROGER STEVENS: 25 years old. Jack's brother. Like Jack, he's handsome and still has the look of an innocent about him. Roger hasn't the way with women that Jack has. He has more feelings, but is unable to show them in the usual way.

'KATIE COOPER: 17 years old. Very pretty. A little vague. She's scared stiff of Bluey, fancy's [sic] Gary. The sort of girl you'd invite to a party, because of her attractiveness and sense of fun.

'MR. TIMMS: 55 years old. A weasel type character. Nosy, loves peeking into other people's windows. A little creepy, but no real harm in him.

'P.C. BEECHER: 21 years old. Young and attractive. Quite new to the force. He's heard a lot about Bluey, but never really believed it until he meets him. He's likeable and eager to learn.

'DRUNK: 40 years old. Ordinary looking, business type man. Still quite athletic looking. (NOT YOUR USUAL DRUNK) Just a man who's been on a magnificent celebrating spree after hearing some wonderful news. Unfortunately it lands him in trouble.

'PHOTOGRAPHER: 30 years old. Knows and likes his job. He's photographed a hundred women like Susan and tends to get easily irritated with them.

'EXTRAS IN GYM (2) Athletic types (No lines)

'VKC (V.O.)

'TWO POLICEMEN (UNIFORMED) Young. Middle twenties (No lines)'.

Note 1: Between the writing of these character notes and production, the character of the photographer was changed from male to female.

Note 2: The character notes show signs of minor annotation in blue ink (for example, closing the brackets in 'VKC (V.O.)' and correcting 'TWO POLICEMAN' to 'TWO POLICEMEN'.