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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection includes the following character notes:
'TRUDY: 18. Eight months pregnant when we meet. Has been through a fairly daunting, traumatic phase but has emerged determined to do things her own way. She has no time for the police, or the Social Welfare Department, or any other do-gooder. She is convinced, aggressively so, that the only person she can rely on is herself. A bright, abrasive personality -- with only a few areas of uncertainty. And a few of -outright [sic] panic.
'CLIFF: Early twenties. Serving five years for his part in an armed hold-up. A crim by default. Lacks education and drive. Low resistance. Easily conned into taking the easy way out. But never ends up on the winning side. Despite this, he still allows himself to hope ... though of late discouragement seems to intrude quicker and linger longer.
'MRS SHARP: Mid-forties. Trudy's nosy neighbour. A seeker of secondhand thrills.
'DELL: An average sort of bloke trying to earn a few quid out of the property he owns. Slightly effeminate.
'BILL McLEAN: 30 - 40. He works for the Prisoner's Aid Society. Doing his best to help Cliff locate his wife.
'TAXI DRIVER:
'STATION-MASTER:
'BUS DRIVER:
'TRUCKIE:
'FARMER:
'FENCING CONTRACTOR:
'WOMAN'.
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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.
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Awards
- 1975 won Penguin Award — Australian Film Commission First Prize