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'Solving a terrifying puzzle in the past is the only way Ryan can protect his rich young heiress client from a girl called Misty.'

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):

'HARRY MOORE: 34ish. Able to drive. Very good looking blonde man, with a fairly good singing voice if possible. Brought up in the country, ambitious to be a Country singer. But not enough talent, so began using his charm and looks to get places. Murderously attractive to women.

'JANE MOORE: 30ish, maybe a bit younger. Father is Sir Charles Campbell. Very wealthy well-bred woman, but very plain. Was called names at school, probably because she was fat. Has been insecure ever since. Married Harry Moore in haste, but trying hard now to make the marriage work, though deep down she knows they haven't a chance.

'MISTY WOOD: About 28. Long dark hair. Beautiful, strange, her mind warped---evil. She's Harry's sister. Brought up with her two brothers in a shack with a violent drunken father. Called 'Misty' because she made an unreal world for herself, as protection. "When Dad used to hurt us, Misty used to tell us stories, to make us happy." Her relationship with her handsome older brother is deadly with sexual undertones.

'BENNIE WOOD: About 25, but looks younger. Able to drive. Fat, baby-faced, smooth unwrinkled skin. Bennie's not right in the head. His is a fantasy world, where he enacts the stories Misty tells him.

'ALICE DAVIS: Middle-aged. Once fairly beautiful, perhaps, but gone to seed. Was involved with Harry while he was married to her sister---suffers from terrible guilt. Drinks steadily because of this---

'SIR CHARLES CAMPBELL: 50-plus. Extremely wealthy, but has been a hard man. His father probably worked day and night, and Charles has come up the same way. His relationship with his daughter, Jane, isn't a particularly good one. He's never helped her gain confidence. Very aware of her wealth, and of the attraction this has to men who go out with her. Not aware of her feelings as a person ...

'ERIC HARRIS: Good looking young man, from well-to-do family. Julie's escort one night, but not her "boyfriend" in that sense. One Scene.

'ABBY SIMPSON: 30ish. A singer with a big mouth. Not very well-educated, not much of a singer, either. Slim and sexy. Tense because she's trying to give up "pot". One Scene.

'FAT MAN: 30ish. Musician. Wears T-shirt, jeans, shades, a beard. You have to read the part. He's great. One Scene.

'MINISTER: Any age. Cofe. [sic] Eager to help Tony with his investigation. "In earlier times, you know, the local minister was invariably the solver of mysteries." One scene.

'FARMER: Young, smooth-faced, eyes city intruders with suspicion. But not without warmth--he just hasn't got a very high wattage. One Scene.

'SECURITY GUARD: 40ish. Burly, aggressive. Wears uniform. One Scene. Few lines.

'SMALL GIRL: No lines.

'STUNT DRIVER: No lines.'